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Putin's War Has Set Off a Chain Reaction - Professor Gerdes Explains 🇺🇦
Putin launched this war to break Ukraine, but the knock-on effects are now spreading through Russia itself. Ukrainian long-range strikes are hitting refineries, missile plants, and military infrastructure. Russian drone production is reportedly being exposed from the inside. Fuel shortages are appearing in an oil-producing country. Mobilization is being delayed for political reasons while losses keep piling up. And the Kremlin’s propaganda machine is still trying to sell “stability” while Russia’s own war machine creates the next crisis. This is the chain reaction Putin set in motion — and Ukraine is now pushing it faster.