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The Sinking of the Mosquova Is a Huge Embarrassment for the Russian Military
There was an assumption made that the west would respond in a similar way to how they responded in 20 14, or even back in two thousand and eight a. I think it's all hugely symbolic and clearly a very big embarrassment, both for a the russian military, but particularly for potin am. And we've seen reports in recent days that he's apparently lost interest in reaching any kind of diplomatic agreement and is now focused very muchon suising as much territory as possible. A now, there are some very big questions as to whether russia has the man power to achieve this.
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