War is hybrid, it is a special military operation. Everything needs to have a legal euphemism or qualifying adjective in front of it. We have heard about the woes of Russian economy for the last 20 years. And I don’t wanna say the war and sanctions are not taking their toll, the Russian economy is still growing. Russia does not have an interest in ending this war because the Russian military is advancing and only the destruction of the Ukrainian military is in the interests of the Russian state.
The whole bruhaha with Crimea is Ukraine trying to disrupt logistics to the peninsula. But Ukraine does not have the soldiers to take back Crimea, and it is questionable how long can Ukraine maintain this blockade without Russia disrupting Ukraine’s operations.
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