L’economia della guerra russa è una bomba a orologio finanziario che ticchetta ora, – FT

Favorite bit:

“Putin has been paying for his war by forcing Russian banks to give preferential loans to Russian defense companies to keep producing for his war in Ukraine.

Russian corporate debt has now surged to 20% of Russian GDP at $415 billion.

The American equivalent would be like if the American government forced private American banks to loan $5.4 trillion to defense manufacturers so America could invade Mexico and after three years of fighting we only got 50km deep into Mexico.

Russia is a joke.” (Jake Broe)

The Russian bear is drunk on power again… or vodka

Russia has been forced to use mules for logistics, civilian vehicles and golf carts on combat missions, and press gang men on crutches into assault units.

An estimated 50% of their front line artillery is either out of service or so poorly maintained that the accuracy is terrible.

That is an army on the verge of collapse. If Trump wanted to truly be hero, he’d start slamming massive aid (BRADLEYS!!!!!!!!!) into the country and let Ukraine force the issue.

It is, but with US all but out of it Europe (with a few select allies) needs to give its all to help Ukraine keep the pressure up. Only then will the bomb go off.

I’ve been reading this headline for two years. The anticipation is getting old.