Many view the recent Ukraine army victories and the retaking of Ukraine lands from Russian forces as signs that Ukraine has Russia on the run and that Ukraine can win the war.
The Western media would have us to believe that our shipments of superior arms technology is turning the war around. Western arms manufacturers are very pleased!
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| The electric is out and winter is coming. |
So which is it? Is the Western media correct or does Putin know something we in the West are missing? Perhaps both Putin and Western media are not being forthright about the way Putin is planning to bring Ukraine into submission.
I believe the war is entering a new phase. Putin is going to make life impossible in Ukraine.
It is my opinion that after demolishing key Ukraine cities, Russia is pulling back in order to execute the next phase of his war -- That is a cruel siege to make the Ukrainian people suffer and submit.
Could Putin destroy power infrastructure in major areas of Ukraine? Without electricity there is no water, sewer, communications and NO HEAT. Putin could use the winter to cause enough suffering of the Ukraine population to force their defeat. PERHAPS that is what this evil bastard is "grinning" about.
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| Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant controlled by Russia. |
If you have been following events of the war you could see that electricity was a going to be used as strategic lever to win the war from the very beginning. The Russian invasion launched on February 24, and on March 4 Russian forces captured the nuclear power plant near Zaporizhzhia. That plant, which supplies 20% of Ukraine's electricity, is no longer operating. It is also dangerously at risk of causing a nuclear catastrophe.
In Putin's mind, nuclear plants are weapons. Is he wrong? Four nuclear plants supply over half of Ukraine's total electricity. Russia already controls one, Zaporizhzhia.
Most recently, on September 13, 2022, Russian troops fired eight cruise missiles on a reservoir dam in Volodymyr Zelensky’s hometown of Kryvyi Rih. Besides the personal pain to Zelensky, the other obvious intention was to flood the city and destroy homes. The less obvious objective was to take out the hydropower provided by the dam. Russia was also was dangerously close to damaging and shutting down a second nuclear plant near by the dam. Without cooling water the nuclear plant is crippled.
Did Putin pull the Russian troops back so they can safely sit tight and wait while life becomes impossible for the Ukraine citizens? As Zelensky put it, "the Scoundrels who, having escaped from the battlefield, are trying to do harm from somewhere far away."
Might Putin be planning to use a "siege strategy" to gain the upper hand in the Ukraine? If so he'd be taking a page from history. In the 1930s, millions of Ukrainians were killed by the Holodomor, a Stalin-era man-made famine.
Are Putin's forces defeated or are they only pulled back and waiting for the right time to advance the Russian military? Clearly Putin is regrouping and strengthening his forces. On September 23 it was reported that Russian employees at five major airlines and airports have started to receive conscription notices after President Vladimir Putin ordered a partial military mobilisation. Employees of at least five airlines, including Russian top carrier Aeroflot (AFLT.MM), and staff at more than 10 airports received notices within a day of Putin's mobilization.
Jordan Peterson calls out how naive we are to Putin's strategy. Listen!
INCREASINGLY, THE WORLD IS FEELING LIKE PRE-WWII. During the winter of 1932 and '33, Russian troops were sent into Ukraine to confiscate all the food, something that has come to be known as the Holodomor. In that event, more than four million people died, not from being shot, necessarily, although many people were, but mostly from starvation and exposure.
If Putin does disable a large percentage of Ukraine's electricity, keep in mind that the Ukrainians can NOT just flick a light switch to turn the electric back on. The Russian military is destroying actual infrastructure and creating catastrophic damage. Lives and property are being lost permanently. The rebuilding process is lengthy and costly.
In conclusion, the Western media repeatedly gives an impression that Zelensky is leading Ukraine to victory against great odds, provided we keep spending tens of billions to supply Ukraine with superior Western military equipment.
But how much of OUR money is reaching the right people? USA tax dollars are being sent to a country with a notorious reputation for corruption! If you recall, Trump got in trouble for asking for an investigation into Ukraine corruption. Trump was suspicious when Biden was able to get the investigator looking into Hunter Biden’s corruption case fired. In the USA the FBI simply buried the laptop. What does it tell you when the Left leaning NPR writes about corruption concerns.
As for Putin, he will go on grinning while he executes his devilish plans. Putin is on mission that he believes is his devine calling. It is already clear to see that Putin should be charged with war crimes. Fat chance of justice!!
In Russia, Putin freely and repeatedly eliminates his enemies. Meaning they are murdered. Putin is a ruthless and brutal killer.
The only sure way to wipe the grin off Putin's face and stop him from pursuing his mission is to kill the one man responsible for the carnage in the first place - Putin.
Epilogue based on recent events.
10.11.22 - Putin's Monday attacks mainly hit civil infrastructure such as power stations. Russia said it will continue to launch long-range air strikes on Ukraine's energy and military infrastructure. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said the main targets were energy facilities.?
Russian strikes on Ukraine continued on Tuesday, hitting energy and other key infrastructure targets across the country. The deadly attacks caused widespread blackouts in the western Lviv region, Dnipropetrovsk in the south-east and Vinnytsia in the south-west.
Electricity rationing is now in place in the capital Kyiv and problems with water supply were reported in a number of Ukrainian cities.
10.13.22 - Ukranian News Source: Russia is deploying Iranian-made Shahed-136 kamikaze drones primarily to attack Ukraine’s critical infrastructure, which is in line with these drones’ intended use. "The fact that they are trying to use these drones [to strike] critical infrastructure facilities, leaving us without water, heat and power, is in line with the tactical and technical characteristics and purpose of these kamikaze drones, which work like matches.
10.18.22 - 30% of Ukraine's power stations have been destroyed. Blackouts in 1,162 towns and villages thus far and Putin is still pounding away.
PUTIN HAS DELIBERATELY PASSED THE RUBICON HIMSELF!! PUTIN KNOWS HE IS A DEAD MAN WALKING.
Putin's life lesson came when he backed a rat into a corner. Putin is a cornered rat.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/v7dxax/the-new-russia-anxiety-what-putin-might-do-if-he-feels-cornered
11.10.22. -- So sad! The Russian women want their men home. Putin is fighting a war on two fronts now - in Ukraine and back home in his Russia.
Ironically, the question is whether Putin can survive the siege in Ukraine. My opinion is that Putin has finally met his match. The problem is there is no way out for him -- there is no place in the world for him to hide from his crimes.
