On Wed, 2 Mar 2022, Felix Stalder wrote:
>> I agree, it's really unclear what "winning" or "loosing" might be here. Both
Because everything clever has already been written, there is nothing
essential to contribute. Except for the long familiar images, as from all
wars, and how we hardly dare
I agree, it's really unclear what "winning" or "loosing" might be here.
Both extreme scenarios (winning = turning Ukraine into a Belarus-like
client-state with little violence; loosing = restoration of the
territorial integrity of Ukraine, and collapse of Putin-regime) seem
very unlikely, but
Russia's war against Ukraine was lost from day one. The people in Russia
must now decide how they want to get out of the mess their leadership
created.
Russia can never win this war. It will not be able to suppress the
resistance of the Ukrainian people who, even if Russian troops were to