RT by @mikenov: 🇺🇦🇷🇺 BUDANOV SAYS PUTIN HAS REACHED A DEAD END Kyrylo Budanov 🇺🇦 – “Everyone understands this is a collapse. Putin has reached a dead end: he can neither end the war nor win it. Victory is no longer possible for objective reasons. But to stop the war would mean admitting that Russia is not as strong or as great as he wanted.” Budanov’s point is that Putin is trapped by the war he created. He cannot achieve the victory he promised, but ending the war would expose the failure behind Russia’s imperial myth. That is why Moscow keeps fighting. Not because it has a real path to victory, but because admitting defeat would mean admitting that Ukraine broke the image of Russian

🇺🇦🇷🇺 BUDANOV SAYS PUTIN HAS REACHED A DEAD END

Kyrylo Budanov 🇺🇦 – “Everyone understands this is a collapse.

Putin has reached a dead end: he can neither end the war nor win it.

Victory is no longer possible for objective reasons.

But to stop the war would mean admitting that Russia is not as strong or as great as he wanted.”

Budanov’s point is that Putin is trapped by the war he created. He cannot achieve the victory he promised, but ending the war would expose the failure behind Russia’s imperial myth.

That is why Moscow keeps fighting. Not because it has a real path to victory, but because admitting defeat would mean admitting that Ukraine broke the image of Russian power Putin built his regime around.

— @WW3finalboss Nov 9, 2026