Russia and Ukraine

[Thumpalumpacus]

The question is; to what extent do the Russians realise how many have been slaughtered. State media seem to go extraordinary lengths to obfuscate that.
Every so often something leaks or someone puts 2 and 2 together and there's a flicker of protest but it gets silenced pretty quick.

They may or may not have the true loss numbers, but they know the costs have been enormous -- and I'm not arguing that the people will rise up, rather, I think that the upper echelons of government will find a window for him.