Re: Ukraine's Curve Ball

On Sat, 10 Aug 2024, JAB wrote:

On Fri, 9 Aug 2024 10:34:00 +0200, D <nospam@example.net> wrote:
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bargaining chip theory

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A person would have to know how well Ukraine could defend the turf,
and how Russia would respond.  On Russian soil, Putin would be
cautious about how bombs are dropped/etc, especially around
cities....whereas in Ukraine, Putin don't care about destruction.
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Fox News is suggesting with the "may" word:
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Putin under pressure as Ukraine incursion continues, may give Kyiv
bargaining chips in peace talks: experts
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https://www.foxnews.com/world/putin-pressure-ukraine-incursion-continues-may-give-kyiv-bargaining-chips-peace-talks-experts
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Let's wait and see. Credit goes to Ukraine though for turning the tables. Since permission is now granted by some western countries to use their weapons for strikes in russia, I imagine that we'll see a lot more offensive drone strikes and small incursions to destabilize russia and to prevent them from deploying all their forces in one coordinated strike. With small bee stings here and there, they won't dare to spread out their defenses and probably will be hesitant to use them for one big strike.