pcr has no idea why the putin is snailing along with his ukie war. when you learn that he is a member of the same 'club' as satanyahu and mr president bigly, chabad, and all the implications the question becomes clearer; 

 

Putin on the road to Armageddon

Paul Craig Roberts

For some time I have been watching John Helmer carefully work his way to the conclusion that Putin’s ever-widening, never-ending “special military operation” was not working out for Putin, for Russia, or for Europe and by implication for the US.  For those of you with sufficient interest, here is Helmer’s latest:  https://johnhelmer.net/the-war-to-end-all-wars-against-russia-isnt-ending/ 

Putin tries to straddle two horses.  One horse consists of finance minister Anton Siluanov, central bank governor Elvira Nabiullina, and oligarch agent Kirill Dmitriev, who has wrested control of the Ukrainian “peace talks” from the Russian Foreign Ministry and Russian intelligence and military.  For Dmitriev and the oligarchs he apparently represents, making money is the only concern. This faction tells Putin that he must give up his “special military operation” or issue a general mobilization and raise taxes, thus further sinking the economy.

The other horse consists of the Russian general Staff and head of military intelligence Admiral Igor Kostyukov. This faction tells Putin that if Putin would just get out of the way, they would quickly bring the conflict to a victorious end.

So what did Putin do?  He decided to ride both horses with half measures to each.

Helmer thinks as I do and I believe as Gilbert Doctorow does that Putin’s strategic mistakes are leading directly to a wider European war. European countries are now building with Ukraine long-range drone production plants, the weapons from which can hit deep into Russia, thus taking Putin’s nonsensical “special military operation” to the Russian population, energy facilities, airports, schools and residential housing.  In other words, serious Russian casualties and disruptions in normal life are occurring far from the battlefield in Ukraine..........more.........