“We can be certain that Putin will mount a counteroffensive to try to reclaim that territory,” Cohen said. “I think our expectation is that that will be a difficult fight for the Russians.”
Putin, he said, “is not only going to have to face the fact that there is a front line now within Russian territory that he’s going to have to deal with, he has to deal with reverberations back in his own society that they have lost a piece of Russian territory.”
you remember when the kursk sub went down? (i am really old) there was this babushka, ant they drugged her in front of everyone in the press conference, because she was freaking out. the only thing a russian man will defend to death against his own state is his wife, or his babushka, or ANY babushka.
its a quite interesting cultural thing.
For those who may be doubtful:
https://youtu.be/Wxo7fPvhqkI
thats what I meant! thanks!
Yep, the last time heads rolled in the USSR it was the babushkas who started it 😀