Well Monaco at least can probably buy Russia at this point.

Of course they are a nonsense, both sides are lying.

Pentagon estimates Russian casualties so far at 3k and this is mostly propable scenario.

Russia is obviously fake, Ukraine's numbers don't seem realistic, but how the hell would the Pentagon have any idea what the actual number is?  Do we have spy or reporters there counting bodies?

On february 28, estimate from Ukraine was 5300 casualties.

Which would actually be realist if you take into consideration Russia vastly undercount.

It's also plausible with the 1500 - deaths Pentagon Officials estimated as it didn't counted wounded or captured.

Anyway I'm also skeptical of the 11k casualties but I think the others numbers, the ones related to assets are more accurate as they are easier to keep track of and actually make sense with the struggle Russian portray in this conflict.

Regarding the casualties, something to consider is that the Russians showed up with incinerators to burn bodies. No doubt, they have used those on the dead, and it is in their best interest to lie about how many Russians have died in this war. Not all of the dead are bodies lying around waiting to be counted.

Putin hates everybody but himself, and he doesn't want the US or any stronger power competing with him in Russia's vicinity. That doesn't preclude him consuming foreign media.

Hitler and Stalin loved Hollywood movies. Hitler's favorite movie was King Kong, and he was a big Mickey Mouse fan. Stalin allegedly wanted John Wayne assassinated as a threat to Communism... but he was a huge fan of Wayne's movies. 

meanwhile, the Russian ruble lost half its value

What I'm thinking about the peace deal offered by Russia is that Russia thinks it can get what it's offering, or slightly less, with force, and that Ukraine thinks it can get a better deal. That, or Russia is seriously bluffing, but I don't think they are because I don't think they're really expecting Ukraine to accept the deal. In other words, both sides seem pretty confident in their ability, at least compared to the options. No signs of the war ending soon. Instead, it seems like Russia thinks it can at least save face (on the home front - almost everything is already lost abroad), so it wants to continue the invasion.

One worrying view from some experts is that Russia could escalate the conflict outside Ukraine to save face. It's a really twisted thought, but it could allow Putin to twist the situation in his favour on the home front.

It really is twisted, there are now more signs of Russia extending the invasion to Moldova.

I think it depends on whether Russia can control Kyiv or not, the US says Russia has 100% of its pre-staged forces within Ukraine, so I guess we are heading to the endgame.

May God save Ukraine.

Russian soldiers are a disgrace. Too much time wasted  killing civillians.
Simple hit on leader and his family was all that was required. Why send 200,000 army for a simple job?

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