@cathyyoung63.bsky.social to @gregsargent.bsky.social: "Putin & the Kremlin keep thinking that if they can just inflict enough misery on Ukrainians, there’s going to be this mass outcry for Zelensky to end the war. I think it’s having the opposite effect ... so far." https://newrepublic.com/article/195763/humiliated-trump-anger-putin-grows-gopers-start-breaking-ranks?
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Putin's got a problem. To win, he'd have to go to full war footing, risking a coup. To withdraw without achieving his aims would also risk a coup. So he'll keep at this level hoping the West gets tired.