Russia once seen as a repository of political, military and technological might is shown as a structure built on a foundation of sand which is being washed away by its failures in the war in Ukraine.
From: Kyiv Post By Dr. Orhan Dragas
Once upon a time, the world saw Russia as a bogeyman – a great power capable of shaking the world with a flick of its iron fist. Not anymore.
The war in Ukraine has exposed Russia’s true nature, revealing it to be less of a fearsome bear and more of a toothless cat, standing helplessly in a corner, desperately trying to get out of a mess of its own making.
At the center of this tragicomic farce is none other than Russia’s President, Vladimir Putin, a dictator who has spent more time engaging in foreign military (mis)adventures and threatening nuclear war than building a functioning state.
What the Kremlin once envisioned as a rapid, triumphant blitzkrieg during which “the second army in the world” would sweep away Ukraine’s inferior forces has, instead, turned into a vast and deep swamp that has exposed the Russian army as outdated, underprepared, and embarrassingly vulnerable…
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