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<blockquote data-quote="fishtm2001" data-source="post: 5412160" data-attributes="member: 54375"><p>"We have to realize that this was not what Putin intended or was looking for. The irony is that right up to the point when Putin invaded Ukraine, he was winning. He had this huge force on Ukraine's borders, but it was all on the Russian side of the border and therefore entirely acceptable under international law. Under the shadow of the Russian guns, who wanted to invest in Ukraine? No one. The Ukrainian economy was tanking. And because of the danger of war there was a constant stream of Western dignitaries going to Moscow. That put Putin exactly in the position he likes to be in. He was at the center of attention and had all that leverage with everyone coming to petition him, more or less begging him not to start a war. ..certain Western governments were trying to bring pressure on Zelenskyy to make concessions to the Russians. If Putin really had been this grand Machiavellian geopolitical mastermind, he would have just allowed the situation to continue. It was when Putin resorted to the crude instruments of force that he actually began to lose."</p><p></p><p>Mark Galeotti, one of the world's leading experts on Russia, transnational crime and military affairs, author of many books, including "<a href="https://bookshop.org/a/2464/9780300253443" target="_blank">The Weaponisation of Everything</a>," "<a href="https://bookshop.org/a/2464/9781335475213" target="_blank">A Short History of Russia</a>" and "<a href="https://bookshop.org/a/2464/9781529103595" target="_blank">We Need to Talk About Putin</a>." His forthcoming book, to be published in November, is "<a href="https://bookshop.org/a/2464/9781472847546" target="_blank">Putin's Wars: From Chechnya to Ukraine</a>."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fishtm2001, post: 5412160, member: 54375"] "We have to realize that this was not what Putin intended or was looking for. The irony is that right up to the point when Putin invaded Ukraine, he was winning. He had this huge force on Ukraine's borders, but it was all on the Russian side of the border and therefore entirely acceptable under international law. Under the shadow of the Russian guns, who wanted to invest in Ukraine? No one. The Ukrainian economy was tanking. And because of the danger of war there was a constant stream of Western dignitaries going to Moscow. That put Putin exactly in the position he likes to be in. He was at the center of attention and had all that leverage with everyone coming to petition him, more or less begging him not to start a war. ..certain Western governments were trying to bring pressure on Zelenskyy to make concessions to the Russians. If Putin really had been this grand Machiavellian geopolitical mastermind, he would have just allowed the situation to continue. It was when Putin resorted to the crude instruments of force that he actually began to lose." Mark Galeotti, one of the world's leading experts on Russia, transnational crime and military affairs, author of many books, including "[URL='https://bookshop.org/a/2464/9780300253443']The Weaponisation of Everything[/URL]," "[URL='https://bookshop.org/a/2464/9781335475213']A Short History of Russia[/URL]" and "[URL='https://bookshop.org/a/2464/9781529103595']We Need to Talk About Putin[/URL]." His forthcoming book, to be published in November, is "[URL='https://bookshop.org/a/2464/9781472847546']Putin's Wars: From Chechnya to Ukraine[/URL]." [/QUOTE]
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