that consecrates these losses

both the general population and the elites, a victory that consecrates these losses into a tangible gain for all. To accept less would create an unstable domestic situation that could threaten his hold on power. Putin is on a treadmill he cannot get off until he achieves his goal of turning Kyiv into a satrap. Russia’s 2014 and 2022 invasions of Ukraine have turned the two countries, formerly close in terms of history, culture, linguistics, trade, and even intermarriage, into implacable enemies. By seizing 20 percent of Ukraine, Russia has ensured that the main national sentiment uniting Ukrainians for generations will be the recovery of their territory. This happened after the Franco-Prussian สล็อต