Putin made the remarks while aboard a new nuclear submarine during a visit to an Arctic naval base on Thursday.
He claimed Russian forces have the "strategic initiative" along the Ukrainian front line and had reason to believe his army would "finish them off".
He also reaffirmed his claim that Volodymyr Zelenskyy, whose term expired last year, lacks the legitimacy to sign a peace deal.
11 Comments
disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world · 37 pts · 1y
Russia is saber-rattling? Is it a day that ends in y?
Neverclear@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 8 pts · 1y
If he could, he wouldn't need to say it.
casmael@lemm.ee · 5 pts · 1y
checks notes yes looks like it
Pistcow@lemm.ee · 30 pts · 1y
Dude, you have the second strongest military in Russia. Choke on it.
casmael@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 1y
Lmao get wrecked
Jimmyeatsausage@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
You know it's bad when he's resorting to Civ 5 level insults...
PotatoLibre@feddit.it · 26 pts · 1y
Russia show off > They 're in trouble
Russia silent > Things are going good
atro_city@fedia.io · 19 pts · 1y
Like the 3 day "special operation"? Sure Putler.
LaLaLa@ani.social · 12 pts · 1y
In-and-out-3-day-adventure?
null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 11 pts · 1y
What kind of a leader talks about grinding an enemy down at the cost of the lives of conscripts. "We'll just keep throwing conscripts at them and they'll give up eventually".
The comments about "only" 180k soldiers are also telling. He thinks of the numbers like money, as in you spend the soldiers and they're gone.
I presume troops from UK and France would be a deterrent, and a profound one at that.
Disaster@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 1y
There's forty shillings on the drum, for those who'll volunteer to come...