Russia will either decisively win, be offered a more generous ceasefire that it’ll accept for pragmatic reasons, or its enemies will dangerously “escalate to de-escalate” as the West falls further behind in their “race of logistics”/“war of attrition”.
Er.. Russia does have a valid claim to Dnepropetrovsk! It was founded as Yekaterinoslav by Catherine the Great. It is fully Russian speaking, and was not traditionally in the Ukraine: in the 17th century it was on a three-way border point between the Turks to the south, the Ukraine to the West and Russia to the East. I hope they take it, but it seems the large cities are off Putin's menu.
If Germans do not actively change their national environment soon, Rhinemetal may become in name only, and instantiated more like Potomacmetal. Military heavy industries use a lot of energy and materials. Even if they are willing to go back to coal, there may not be that much left. After all, Ruhr and Saar are old mining areas and were heavily excavated well before WW1. Poland may have more natural resources left.
Russia hasn't hit the Ukrainian electrical infrastructure for a while now which could mean it knows that talks are soon to start. It could also mean that they're saving these missiles for a massive future infrastructure strike when winter kicks in.
Er.. Russia does have a valid claim to Dnepropetrovsk! It was founded as Yekaterinoslav by Catherine the Great. It is fully Russian speaking, and was not traditionally in the Ukraine: in the 17th century it was on a three-way border point between the Turks to the south, the Ukraine to the West and Russia to the East. I hope they take it, but it seems the large cities are off Putin's menu.
I see your point, but what I meant was that it hasn't officially made a claim to that region like it has to the other ones.
If Germans do not actively change their national environment soon, Rhinemetal may become in name only, and instantiated more like Potomacmetal. Military heavy industries use a lot of energy and materials. Even if they are willing to go back to coal, there may not be that much left. After all, Ruhr and Saar are old mining areas and were heavily excavated well before WW1. Poland may have more natural resources left.
Russia hasn't hit the Ukrainian electrical infrastructure for a while now which could mean it knows that talks are soon to start. It could also mean that they're saving these missiles for a massive future infrastructure strike when winter kicks in.