As economic despair mounts, Russian official admits the country has had enough of Putin's war on Ukraine. 'We can’t even take one region' | Fortune

https://fortune.com/2026/05/03/russia-economic-despair-vladimir-putin-approval-rating-ukraine-war/

https://archive.md/0WYKD

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SW42@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 129d (2 replies)

That Russian official best be staying away from windows…

aeronmelon@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 129d (1 reply)

It’s Russia, you could be in the basement and still fall out of a second-story window.

StealthLizardDrop@piefed.social · 7 pts · 129d

While shooting yourself in the head 5 times for good measure... those pesky accidents are... surprising

fizzle@quokk.au · 11 pts · 129d

I'd really like to see bi-bi and pu-pu dial up the pressure on Trump in a more public way. I know he's manipulating the market for them on a daily basis, but I want them to start making demands that really hurt him to fill. Maybe Iran was the first.

MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 129d

Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦

Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 128d

Anyone else worried that this was obvious from like the first month but here we are 4 years later?

One of my only solace for all the dystopian stuff is that incompetence balances things out, it taking a long long time is rather depressing

donald_cat@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 129d
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SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 129d

And yet, the rest of the world spends trillions in "defense" from babayaga.

TacoButtPlug@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 129d

Russian official lol

9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works · -3 pts · 129d

They've been saying this since the first 3 months of the war....

Russia bankrupt....
Russians unhappy with war...
Wagner coup will end putin...
Russia bankrupt again...

I really wish it was true this time...