Russia Committed Suicide By Invading Ukraine: Kyiv Paper

Russian President Vladimir Putin is presiding over the suicide by installment of his own country, acting as Ivan the Terrible in promoting a nightmare that Moscow could lead a Eurasian empire using European money.

Photo Insert: "Their final “black suits." The bloody march of the Russian occupiers ends like this," tweeted Defence of Ukraine.

The New Voice of Ukraine has published an opinion piece on August 7, 2022 that said Putin also failed to understand that excessive dependence works both ways. The Europeans may need his oil and gas but he, in turn completely relied on their market.

"Put another way, Putin should have parked his Imperial ambitions in the West until he had diversified his customer base and built pipelines and liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities in the East to export to China, the world’s biggest energy buyer. Instead, he invaded Ukraine and then blackmailed and abused the rest of Europe which sent it scrambling to sign up new suppliers and alternative energy sources,” the column explained. Europe is finding new sources more easily and Russia cannot replace Europe with new customers. He has lost economically.

Putin also fails on the battlefield. Ukrainians valiantly fight back with Western firepower. Consider his current situation: He’s alienated Europe permanently. Even if he gets his quarry, Ukraine, it will be decimated and ungovernable. Russia’s army is damaged.

“His economy has no future without European oil and gas purchases in the absence of a China market. The European Union (EU) and Britain impose sanctions and vow to end their reliance on Russian oil, gas, and coal. Energy and food are the lifeblood of economies and Putin’s weaponization of both won’t be forgotten,” it argued.

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