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jeffsonstein ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
"Western officials estimate that more than 100,000 Russian service members have been killed or wounded in the fighting, and the Russian Central Bank says the country’s economy contracted 3 percent in 2022... economy has been more resilient to Western sanctions than many expected, while the Kremlin’s television propaganda has been effective in helping convince many Russians that the invasion of Ukraine is, as Mr. Putin claims, a defensive war forced on Russia by the West." https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/03/world/europe/putin-russia-ukraine-war.html