Originally Posted by
Big Pistons Forever
Yes there is a lot of Russian propaganda but there is also Western bias in the reporting as well. Western media has consistently overstated the affects of sanctions and seek out and report any anti Putin messaging they can find giving it perhaps more importance than it deserves. Like most outside looking in situations the facts on the ground are hard to discern.
An overly optimistic view of the probable end state can be just as bad as an overly pessimistic one, During the opening weeks of the war Ukraine was written off. Now the narrative is hard over the other way with pundits saying Ukraines defeat of Russia is inevitable. A cold dispassionate view of the battle space suggests that a stalemate is the most likely outcome and so what does that mean for European and US interests because they are ultimately going to decide the end state, not Ukraine.
Nope, that's the Russian viewpoint. Propaganda in fact.
Losing a huge chunk of state income will damage a petro- state, no doubt about it
Over the years Russia will lose its entire oil industry as the country declies and the oil fields fail without Western technology. Russia has no other industry.
The Allies have decide to supply Ukraine what it needs to destroy Russian invading forces. The timing of that event is unknown.
Hence the whimpering for a stalemate and peace talks for the Russians and their Useful Idiots.