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Originally Posted by pip08456
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So known a couple of weeks ago then. Fair enough - I’m following enough of the academic commentary on Twatter to understand that there has been rather too much fetishising of Russia’s supposed military might, and that those whose reputations rest on predictions of a two-day war are still, even now, pushing the narrative that grandmaster Putin is about to invade Odessa and encircle the Ukrainian army in the southeast. There has been much reluctance amongst many of the talking heads favoured by the news media to acknowledge that their received wisdom might just be wrong. But even the academic experts who have been cautioning us not to assume it’s all going to go Russia’s way are expressing surprise at just how much Russia has thrown at Ukraine and how little it’s gained.
