Linkitetty artikkeli on kirjoitettu viikkoa ennen täysimittaista sotaa 2022-02-11.
Kaveri oli edelleen samaa mieltä viime keväänä: https://republic.ru/posts/107160
Konekäännettynä osa:
What ended up happening? Basically what we expected, but much worse. At the operational-tactical level, we did not think that within a year we would not be able to liberate the Donetsk and Lugansk regions. We did not think that there would be such heavy losses, although I then called tens of thousands of dead on both sides. But everything turned out to be much worse. We did not imagine that there would be such destruction: in fact, entire small towns and villages were razed to the ground. Further, I wrote that we would find ourselves in the state of a rogue state, but, frankly, I did not think that we would not have a single ally who had serious influence at the political, economic or military-technical level.
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Well, besides, we must add that we did not expect such a series of mistakes and incorrect actions during this military operation. True, Putin clarifies that everything is going according to plan. And indeed, when you look at what was done even in the format of a special operation, you can see a clearly planned course of action. We could not imagine that we would give all of Europe to the Americans, including the entire energy market - today they are taking the Europeans by the neck.
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I could not imagine that Finland and Sweden would apply to join NATO. This whole chain of events is going according to plan. To be honest, this is the third time we have saved NATO.
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Well, besides, we must add that we did not expect such a series of mistakes and incorrect actions during this military operation. True, Putin clarifies that everything is going according to plan. And indeed, when you look at what was done even in the format of a special operation, you can see a clearly planned course of action. We could not imagine that we would give all of Europe to the Americans, including the entire energy market - today they are taking the Europeans by the neck.
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I could not imagine that Finland and Sweden would apply to join NATO. This whole chain of events is going according to plan. To be honest, this is the third time we have saved NATO.
