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Originally Posted by FlameOn
This is Putin's game plan, he's been actively getting the FSB to work with right wing elements in many countries. These guys are sloppy and they aren't even changing the messaging between the countries. Like the PRO group in Prague literally uses "Czech First" recycled slogans ex. "America First". Lots of the Czech "protestors"/Russians are running around with "Z" and Russian flags and anti-NATO effigies in some of those videos.
Just like in Serbia and Georgia with the recent pro-Russian, foreign news laws that Russian backed political parties were trying to push there. It's Russian backed protests masquerading as legitimate political opposition and eroding support for Ukraine. Some get turned back at the border, others manage to find local backing. Zelensky is in a tough spot, this Ukraine spring offensive needs to show results to stamp out a lot of this "settle by ceding territory" Russian position that a lot of the NATO country right wingers are pushing.
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Yeah, the Russian game plan is to force wedges in the Western coalition to create division and diminished support, and NATO's game plan has been to try and weaken Putin's regime and hope he loses power somehow.
At the beginning, I would have put my money on the West to outlast Russia in the waiting game, but Russia and Putin are nothing if not resilient. Unfortunately, democracies have pressure points and Putin knows how to exploit those. I am losing hope that the West can win the game on this end, so Ukraine really needs to win it on the battlefield and time is really important.
I should say though, that I can see Ukraine fighting until the bitter end, regardless of what happens with the Western coalition. How that turns out is a coin flip IMO. I won't bet against Ukraine, but I am worried about it.