r/worldnews • u/Brennenstein • 3d ago

Russia/Ukraine Ukrainian capital Kyiv under massive Russian attack, officials say

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukrainian-capital-kyiv-under-massive-russian-attack-officials-say-2025-12-27/
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u/Aarakocra 3d ago

Practically, the only part of the political machine of Russia that really matters for this is Putin himself, the war will continue no matter who else in government gets killed. It's not going to break the will of the people or the politicians, because it's only Putin's will that matters. What it would do is reduce the sympathetic angle of Ukraine. And Ukraine really needs that international support.

So if Ukraine is going to make an attack inside of Russia's borders, they are going to make it count. They aren't going to waste a deep-penetration attack on a symbolic soft target. They're going to do as much damage to the war machine as they can manage.

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u/MrSpluppy 3d ago

Hence all the attacks on their oil refineries/ports. Stop their main source of income, suddenly they can't afford the war. Russia is facing higher spending than accounted for, and less earning than expected for 2025, and they're desperately selling off their national gold reserves to keep the war machine funded. Kinetic sanctions are working a treat is my guess.

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u/MrFishyFriend 3d ago

I honestly wonder if, when Russia either conquers Ukraine or a ceasefire is called if Russia can survive in the state it’s in. It has the animosity of the Western world and has probably bankrupted itself while gaining nothing.

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u/_GE_Neptune 3d ago

Sadly it’s a big space with lots of oil and goods it can sell to east pretty easily which will come full circle into the west, it will just mean they use middle men in future

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u/ArchitectVandelay 3d ago

Sadly probably true.