Putin is counting on a decline in support for Ukraine in Europe — WP
According to The Washington Post, Vladimir Putin is counting on a decline in European support for Ukraine. The Kremlin expects that European countries’ resolve may wane in the winter and spring.
Moscow considers its main advantage to be not so much the situation on the front lines as Europe’s vulnerability, especially given the reduction in direct U.S. funding for Ukraine.
To achieve its goal, Russia plans to intensify its hybrid warfare in European countries, attempt to create unlivable conditions in Ukrainian cities through winter shelling, and resort once again to nuclear blackmail. The Kremlin hopes that such an escalation, combined with the growing influence of pro-Russian forces in Europe, will force the West to back down.
At the same time, experts note that such tactics by the Kremlin indicate a lack of options amid setbacks on the front lines, while ballooning military spending is increasingly draining the Russian economy, forcing the government to cut social spending and raise taxes.
Source: The Washington Post
As a reminder, Russia struck Dnipro with ballistic missiles, damaging a factory.
Earlier, drones struck a music school and a store in the Chernihiv region.
On October 6, Russia launched a series of strikes on a highway in the Odesa region. The attack damaged trucks and passenger cars, and there were casualties.
On the morning of October 6, Russian troops attacked Sumy with strike drones. One of the enemy drones struck a 10-story residential building, injuring two people, including a 16-year-old boy.
