RE: Bloomberg: PUTIN: Positive talks with Ukraine11 Mar 2022 12:31
Russia faces a default on its sovereign debt repayments next week.
Sanctions imho are biting, despite the public persona.
War looks like it will be an extended one (with no quick win)
Extended nature will lose public opinion
Conscription in the country is a No Go, hence trying to recruit for free foreign volunteers
Plan to utilise chemical weapons "outed"
Ukranian resistance immense
West re-arming Ukraine with munitions.
International condemnation and pariah state status.
First signs of movement in positions so lets see what further negotiations bring.
Peace dividend has be something like an 8 bagger back to the £12.00 it was only a few weeks back.