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Ukraine counteroffensive inches forward; Putin dismisses prospects of peace talks (www.politico.eu)

submitted 1 year ago by BrikoX@vlemmy.net to c/news@beehaw.org

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[–] Nine@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Putin is just the guy in charge right now. Russia needs a serious loss, that would trigger some sort of introspection in their society.

[–] Matthias720@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

Basically. I think there are certain cultural aspects of Russian society that are stuck over a century in the past. Unless those things get brought closer to the present, their society won't change; we'll see this whole thing play out again in the future. The average Russian citizen needs to see that the West doesn't want to destroy them, that life can be better than what they currently experience, and that the world doesn't need to be as harsh and demanding as the believe it ought to be. That's a tall order though, so there's no telling if that can happen in the near-future.