If Putin is following what Dugin set out in 1997 - "The absolute imperative of Russian geopolitics on the Black Sea coast is the total and unlimited control of Moscow along its entire length from Ukrainian to Abkhazian territories. ... The northern coast of the Black Sea should be exclusively Eurasian and centrally subordinate to Moscow..." https://n01r.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Foundations-of-Geopolitics-Geopolitical-Future-of-Russia-Alexander-Dugin-English-auto-translation-with-appended-original.pdf" - the following is no surprise: “Russia intends not only to seize Donbass, but also cut off Ukraine from the Black and Azov Seas." Dugin's book should be required reading in all NATO governments - and I surmise that people in the Ukrainian government are familiar with it as well. As Patton said of his rival, Rommel, "that magnificent bastard, I read his goddamned book..." And of course Patton was able to use this knowledge of his opponent's thinking to defeat him. "if you know your mind and your opponent's mind, you will succeed in all battles, if you know your own mind but not your opponent's, for every battle you win, you will lose one, if you know neither your mind nor your opponent's, you will win few if any battles." Sun Tzu, Art of War, somewhat paraphrased...
Thanks for the continued Dugin references. Putin must be trying that. Wonder what the end cost will be in the try? The missing dog poster suggests some in Russia are quite aware of their losses even if they are not allowed to know. Still a hard slog ahead.
If Putin is following what Dugin set out in 1997 - "The absolute imperative of Russian geopolitics on the Black Sea coast is the total and unlimited control of Moscow along its entire length from Ukrainian to Abkhazian territories. ... The northern coast of the Black Sea should be exclusively Eurasian and centrally subordinate to Moscow..." https://n01r.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Foundations-of-Geopolitics-Geopolitical-Future-of-Russia-Alexander-Dugin-English-auto-translation-with-appended-original.pdf" - the following is no surprise: “Russia intends not only to seize Donbass, but also cut off Ukraine from the Black and Azov Seas." Dugin's book should be required reading in all NATO governments - and I surmise that people in the Ukrainian government are familiar with it as well. As Patton said of his rival, Rommel, "that magnificent bastard, I read his goddamned book..." And of course Patton was able to use this knowledge of his opponent's thinking to defeat him. "if you know your mind and your opponent's mind, you will succeed in all battles, if you know your own mind but not your opponent's, for every battle you win, you will lose one, if you know neither your mind nor your opponent's, you will win few if any battles." Sun Tzu, Art of War, somewhat paraphrased...
As to Chornobaïvka, eighteen times the Russians have had their munitions and materiel destroyed, you'd think they'd catch on that they're not doing something right - see https://streamfortyseven.substack.com/p/the-classical-legend-of-chornobaevka as of nearly three weeks ago...
Thanks for the continued Dugin references. Putin must be trying that. Wonder what the end cost will be in the try? The missing dog poster suggests some in Russia are quite aware of their losses even if they are not allowed to know. Still a hard slog ahead.