Russia threw its military into a meat grinder.

Russian forces have lost 11,000 personnel in the war so far, according to the Ukrainian military. https://t.co/ozCMGWhAiu pic.twitter.com/oHe39xQmvq

— NPR (@NPR) March 7, 2022

Putin thought he could just roll in and achieve his goals of restoring a Russian empire.

Instead, his military turns out to be a hollowed out shell that can’t get the basics done, and it’s having catastrophic consequences. All the while, Ukrainians are suffering because Putin refuses to accept Ukrainian independence.

The Russian people continue to be lied to, and Putin’s more than happy to keep selling the lies, because that’s all he has left.