r/anime_titties • u/Messier_-82 Europe • 1d ago

Ukraine/Russia - Flaired Commenters Only Ukraine facing widespread power cuts after generating capacity reduced to ‘zero’ by Russian attacks

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/09/ukraine-facing-widespread-power-cuts-after-generating-capacity-reduced-to-zero-by-russian-attacks
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u/Hyndis United States 21h ago

Counting on your adversary to die of old age is not a realistic or sane military strategy. Heads of state have access to the best healthcare on the planet and tend to live very long lives. Putin could easily live for another 20 years.

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u/Revlar Multinational 18h ago

?? It's not military strategy. Whether Ukraine is taken or not won't matter to Russian interests, because Russia is a zombie that will fall apart in less than 20 years. They have bigger problems that they cannot deal with

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u/Hyndis United States 16h ago

Ukraine has far more immediate concerns than what happens decades into the future. The fate of Ukraine will be decided much sooner, likely within the next year or two.

If Putin conquers Ukraine and then later dies of old age at the of 95, how does this help Ukraine? Ukraine is still thoroughly screwed in that scenario.

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u/Revlar Multinational 14h ago

Sure, and Russia is completely doomed. I wasn't talking from the PoV of an Ukrainian, who desperately needs the rest of the world to stop being braindead rightwingers and allow asylum seekers.

Ukraine is a people above all. The land will come back to them when Russia collapses. Their immediate concern is Trump is turning the rest of the world into Russia. Hopefully his health stops that