Military expert and reserve colonel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleg Zhdanov believes that even a war lasting six months, and irretrievable losses, numbering more than 40,000 soldiers, will not change the fact that the Russians themselves will only receive enlightenment after the final defeat. He talked about it on his YouTube channel..

" It will be later, when society begins to see clearly. As it was after the Afghan war: “We didn’t send you there,” Zhdanov said.

He recalled that today the majority of Russians support the war against Ukraine.. All this is due to the myth of the supposedly " But this is precisely the reason that Putin cannot announce a general mobilization, since it will be confirmation that the Russian Federation will lose.

" Remember they had this character talking to TV. So, they have such a large part of the population, especially people aged 50+, - said Zhdanov. - When we defeat the Russian army on the battlefield, then there will be stress. Then understanding will begin, then they will see disabled people on the streets, then they will see alleys of crosses in the cemeteries, then they will begin to say: “How did we allow it”.

The expert also admits that when this happens, Putin will no longer be in power, since his regime does not survive this..

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July poll of the All-Russian Public Opinion Research Center showed that 57% of citizens support the war against Ukraine. And only 30% of Russian residents believe that it should be stopped immediately.

But, despite significant support for the war, the Russian Federation is not ready to pay for it. The Chronicles project, for example, notes that only 8.4% of Russians surveyed declare their readiness to give more than 10% of their profits to armaments..