Let's look closer at Russia's / Putin's moves:
1) Wants less strong German Military.
Failed, Germany now increasing military spending
2) Wants good customers in Europe for Oil / Gas
Failed, EU will now accelerate developments away from dependency on Russia Energy as much as possible.
3) Wants weaker NATO
Failed, NATO now stronger as Eastern Europe remembers Soviet Russia ..
4) Wants friendlier Ukrainian people to Russia
Failed, Ukrainian corrupt President now emerging as a hero .. if he dies he will be a Martyr.
5) Wants not to be beholden to China.
not yet a complete fail, however One step closer to a vasal of Xi ..
6) Wants to keep territories in Asisa.
One step closer to China looking to grab easier territories ( easier to attack than Taiwan ) back from Russia ..
7) Wants to appear a strong and powerful nation.
Getting a good solid beating .. similar to their 1939 invasion of Finland, an event which helped convince Hitler that Soviet Union was a rotten house ready to collapse
European countries will help Ukraine now by providing weapons to help bleed the Russian Bear .. they have to do this to reduce the power of the Russian Bear, since the Bear has promised that it wants to eat them next ..
8) Wants a strong economy ..
Not looking good now ..
Honestly, you should be very angry at Putin - he played his cards very wrong in this case and will harm Russia and Russians .. had he played it better he could have had a cheaper victory by getting acknowledgement and acceptance of Donbass and Crimea as Russian territories .. I think the West / USA would have been ok with that compromise ..
FWIW - The Biden Administration .. I'm not happy with them, imho they should have done more to help avert this war .. this did not need to happen.
1. German military is weaker than the Ukraine even after Russia destroyed most of their better stuff.
Germans can invest trillions and they will never compete because there is too much politics BS
"The Bundeswehr has more basic needs, too:
there's a shortage of ammunition, and even of combat boots and underwear. A recent report by Eva Högl, the Bundestag's defense commissioner, on the situation of German NATO soldiers in Lithuania almost sounded like a bad joke. After a visit to the region in the cold Lithuanian winter, Högl detailed how the soldiers lacked thick jackets and underwear to keep them dry and warm. How can that be a problem for soldiers in the army of one of the world's richest countries? "
They invest around the same amount of money than Russia per annum and still have no underwear and boots LOL where is all the money?
Following the Russian attack on Ukraine, Germany has decided to dramatically beef up its defense budget and give the Bundeswehr an extra €100 billion. What will it use the money for?
www.dw.com
Also if you compare german troops to US , China or Russia troops.. lol. They will run away if they see the enemy. There is no militancy or better a will to fight.
2. Russia can still give China their oil/gas if the european countries dont want it.
China needs it all
3. Not sure if that is really important
Also the whole NATO trust in USA.
You know.. they are on another continent. Russia isnt even able to bring petrol/food or whatever to the neighboor country.
How long will the US last ? Maybe they trust in european NATO members, but they have a shortage of everything. Sounds great.,.
Most NATO members have nothing. Coming to 1. again.. i think germany has a really low number of rifles .. they are not even able to arm the reservists. This is also true for most european countries. everyone trust that the US will win any war LOL
Why even have reservists when there are no weapons available which they can use ? Oh yeah, welcome to europe !
So you are telling me the NATO is strong because it is somewhere written on paper? Okay..
The only strong member is the USA.. If you remember.. there was a huge discussion when Trump was president because most NATO members does not spend 2% of their GDP... But i dont think that most members have anything better if they spent more money. But we will see.. maybe they are spending now more in defense.
4. We will see what happens. I dont trust any western media or "experts" bullshit .
5. We will see. But i see your point.. China owns already the US, so not sure if this is bad
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6. ...
7. I dont trust any western media bullshit.
In my opinion it is really hard to invade a country by land.
The US started IRAQ 2003 with days of air bombing.. they didnt care if citizen die..
Russia goes the hard way.. I want to see US troops doing the same.. they will struggle the same way.
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All in all..
In my opinion all what you wrote and write is the typical anti russia cold war injection/inception which you got when you were born in the US. Because China somehow CCCP .. china also bad