Anne Applebaum

And it's something like I saw a statistic actually just today where the proportion of Russians dying to Ukrainians dying is either one to seven or one to 10, depending on whose numbers you're using. So they're throwing fantastic numbers of people and they're dying. And I've also seen recently the Ukrainians keep track of how many objects they hit. They have a video, you know, prove it.

There are sort of video tracking of what they did. And the Ukrainians are hitting every month, again, thousands of Russian pieces of equipment, radar, troops. I mean, they are hitting enormous numbers of people and goods. So the Russians are losing an enormous number of people and equipment, and they won't be able to keep it up indefinitely.

There are sort of video tracking of what they did. And the Ukrainians are hitting every month, again, thousands of Russian pieces of equipment, radar, troops. I mean, they are hitting enormous numbers of people and goods. So the Russians are losing an enormous number of people and equipment, and they won't be able to keep it up indefinitely.

There are sort of video tracking of what they did. And the Ukrainians are hitting every month, again, thousands of Russian pieces of equipment, radar, troops. I mean, they are hitting enormous numbers of people and goods. So the Russians are losing an enormous number of people and equipment, and they won't be able to keep it up indefinitely.

And what they are hoping is that support from Ukraine will somehow disappear or dissolve. That's what they were hoping they would get from the election. They may still get it. I don't know. We're not at that stage yet. We don't have a resolution. But at some point they will give up. But if that hasn't happened, then the war isn't over.

And what they are hoping is that support from Ukraine will somehow disappear or dissolve. That's what they were hoping they would get from the election. They may still get it. I don't know. We're not at that stage yet. We don't have a resolution. But at some point they will give up. But if that hasn't happened, then the war isn't over.

And what they are hoping is that support from Ukraine will somehow disappear or dissolve. That's what they were hoping they would get from the election. They may still get it. I don't know. We're not at that stage yet. We don't have a resolution. But at some point they will give up. But if that hasn't happened, then the war isn't over.

Yeah, that's correct. I mean, they've restructured their economy, which is now focused on producing military equipment. Of course, that has traps, as we know from American history and from the history of other countries. If you're spending an enormous amount of money to produce military equipment, I It's a kind of dead end product. I mean, it only has one use. It goes to the war.

Yeah, that's correct. I mean, they've restructured their economy, which is now focused on producing military equipment. Of course, that has traps, as we know from American history and from the history of other countries. If you're spending an enormous amount of money to produce military equipment, I It's a kind of dead end product. I mean, it only has one use. It goes to the war.

Yeah, that's correct. I mean, they've restructured their economy, which is now focused on producing military equipment. Of course, that has traps, as we know from American history and from the history of other countries. If you're spending an enormous amount of money to produce military equipment, I It's a kind of dead end product. I mean, it only has one use. It goes to the war.

It's blown up and that's it. And there's a limit to how long Russia will be able to simply pump the money it earns from oil and gas into tanks and guns and maintain the rest of the economy and maintain some level of prosperity for people. And this is actually how the Soviet Union fell apart. So this is a story that we know.

It's blown up and that's it. And there's a limit to how long Russia will be able to simply pump the money it earns from oil and gas into tanks and guns and maintain the rest of the economy and maintain some level of prosperity for people. And this is actually how the Soviet Union fell apart. So this is a story that we know.

It's blown up and that's it. And there's a limit to how long Russia will be able to simply pump the money it earns from oil and gas into tanks and guns and maintain the rest of the economy and maintain some level of prosperity for people. And this is actually how the Soviet Union fell apart. So this is a story that we know.

Eventually, they spent such a high proportion of money on the military that they impoverished their people. And that's more complicated than that. But that eventually led to the end of the system. So it's not something they can do indefinitely.

Eventually, they spent such a high proportion of money on the military that they impoverished their people. And that's more complicated than that. But that eventually led to the end of the system. So it's not something they can do indefinitely.

Eventually, they spent such a high proportion of money on the military that they impoverished their people. And that's more complicated than that. But that eventually led to the end of the system. So it's not something they can do indefinitely.

And some real Americans who... For sure. Actually Americans.

And some real Americans who... For sure. Actually Americans.

And some real Americans who... For sure. Actually Americans.

So this is because the language of democracy, which is language that quite a lot of Americans also now disparage, the language of the rule of law, the language of, you know, independent courts, transparency, accountability, this language is the thing that threatens them the most. What is Putin most afraid of? What's the movement he worries about the most?