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Originally Posted by Chris
There is a school of thought that says Russia no longer sees its 9th May Victory Day celebrations as the day to declare operations in Ukraine complete, but rather as an inflection point around which Putin can rally the entire economy and population for an actual, declared war. If that’s the case then it’s likely to be in Ukraine’s interests to start putting serious pressure on Russian-held territory before they are able to ramp up their own resources.
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They have to change track as it is clear they are not likely to achieve even their scaled back ambitions by May 9th.
Fortunately for Putin though, 80% of Russians will swallow any official line given to them.