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Bayard

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6. How does Putin have the resources to do this?

Reply to 2naSalit (Original post)

Thu Jul 9, 2026, 03:09 PM

Thursday

Russia's economy appears to be collapsing, and there's certainly no more personnel to throw into the fray (unless he gets a whole lot more North Koreans.)

Attack a NATO country, and you start WWIII. There's no, "testing," of their resolve. Big question is which side would trump come down on?

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