Dana četvrtak, 8. prosinca 2022. u 11:31:55 UTC+1 korisnik
cyberne...@gmail.com napisao je:
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday, months into a conflict that's been disastrous for the Russian military, that the war in Ukraine could be a "long process." In doing so, Putin effectively acknowledged that the war has not gone to plan.
"As for the duration of the special military operation, well, of course, this can be a long process," Putin explained during a meeting with the presidential Human Rights Council, per Reuters. The war was expected to be over quickly, with Russian
victory all but certain.
From the onset of Russia's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, Putin has consistently refused to refer to the ongoing fighting as a war — instead calling it a "special operation." In reality, this conflict in Ukraine is the first major war in Europe
since World War II.
In his remarks on Wednesday, the Russian leader also said he saw "no sense" in further mobilization. Putin announced a partial military mobilization of 300,000 reservists in September, a move which was met with public backlash and saw thousands of men
flee the country. Numerous reports have indicated that the Russian men drafted into the war as a result of this mobilization were sent to the front line with little to no training and lacked proper equipment.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/putin-says-the-war-in-ukraine-could-be-a-long-process-as-the-russian-military-s-list-of-failures-grows-months-into-the-invasion/ar-AA151rhg?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=d24002d1e4784bf7ac887df6ad24c49b
This is even greater reason to treat all the Russian captives and prisoners of war humanely and friendly,
as well as the Donbas and Crimean insurgents.
Eventually, all this madness will come to an end, and people will talk sense, peace, trade, science and economy
again rather than blood vengeance, settling accounts, and "Murder, murder, murder Ukrainians" as I hear Mr.
Alexandr Dugin is preaching (sadly this might have contributed to unfortunate death to his beautiful looking daughter).
This fills my eyes with tears, and I am not a weak man who would not sentence someone to death if he commits
murder one (holiness of life is something different, this would reduce death sentence to life in prison without parole).
But as I explained to my friends then, and I am convinced now, I am positively convinced that the Ukrainian
government and the president had no part in this gruesome murder.
Which means that someone else had, we don't know his whereabouts and motives, and he is still at large, ready
to murder again. This is deeply unsettling, because as Voltaire said, one man sentenced for his words is the death
to the freedom of speech as a whole.
"Should I keep back my opinions at such a time, through fear of giving offense, I should consider myself as guilty
of treason towards my country, and of an act of disloyalty toward the Majesty of Heaven, which I revere above all
earthly kings."
[1] Patrick Henry: "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death",
https://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/patrick.asp
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