Russia and Ukraine flashpoint

[Ryuu96]

Any Western country that is still afraid of escalating with Putin is an idiot.

Why were we ever afraid of this man? Prigozhin has just annihilated his "strong-man" image, but did he really need to? After so many "red lines" were cross? Supporting Ukraine was a red line, the sanctions were a red line, the anti ship missiles were a red line, the MBTs were a red line, the long range missiles were a red line, the jets are a red line.

• What did he do when we broke all these red lines? Nothing.
• What did he do when Russian volunteers entered with American IFVs? Nothing.
• What did he do when a merc faction couped against him? Barely anything.

Absolutely no reason anymore why anyone should hold back on their support to Ukraine, the Kremlin/Putin have shown they have nothing left, they have no further "escalation" left, they have no response left.

The sooner Russia loses, the better, take the kiddy gloves off and send Ukraine whatever they ask for.