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2 days agoHave to admit its a smart play from the orks.
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Rebase the western position to your previous position by convincing a narcissistic senile moron to adopt it.
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Move your new position to complete takeover of Ukraine.
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Agree to “compromise” on a new agreement that is considerably better for you than your original position.

Putin’s leaked position at the start of this(read: take with truck of dubious salt) is that Russia had a potential armed forces pool of 25 million people.
As far as I understand that statement, until he burns through most of that, he likely won’t see himself as losing.