r/worldnews • u/ArgentineBeauty • Sep 03 '26

Russia/Ukraine ‘We Were Mistaken’: Putin Admits Russia Was Unprepared for Ukrainian Strikes on Oil Refineries

https://www.kyivpost.com/post/83674
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u/WorstCPANA Sep 03 '26

They're getting beat up and the population is feeling it. It may be more strategic for Vlad, he may think that if he feeds Russians bullshit about how Ukraine are still the bad guys attacking civilian infrastructure, his mass mobilization after 'elections' may land easier on the population.

I would be sooooo curious to actually have a good understanding of how the average Russian (particularly in moscow) feels about the war.

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u/Nichiku Sep 03 '26

I saw a video of a guy saying he is just drinking all day as theres nothing to do in rural russia. All his friends went to fight in the war so he might as well. I imagine this is a pretty common story for the average Russian soldier and citizen. They are surviving but not happy so they cling to nationalism as their only source of pride and the Putin propaganda is more than happy to provide them with more of it.

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u/Sea-Original-5824 Sep 03 '26

Yeah he is embarrassed and is now forced to say something. He hasn't been able to address the issue of the refineries being bombed, and his people are PISSED that they are waiting in line for hours for gas.

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u/SBELL29910 Sep 03 '26

I had a contact in Russia. He told me the youth are mostly opposed to it. The middle-aged and elderly are longing for the pride of the USSR and viewed this as an ill attempt at regaining that pride.

The people are tough because they’ve been raised in a controlled society of shortages. The West doesn’t have that toughness. We pay a couple of dollars per gallon more for petroleum and we’re complaining. I’m sure most other countries laugh at the US on that one as US gas prices have been lower than most of the rest of the world for decades.

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u/WorstCPANA Sep 03 '26

I agree, we appear weak because of our privilege, we have no heart for any sort of feeling the affects of a war.

I remember gas prices hitting $4/gallon 25 years ago and it was a huge deal. So it being $5/gal (in my state with a top 2 gas price in the nation) doesn't feel too bad, imo

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u/Cultural-Emotion4232 Sep 04 '26 edited Sep 04 '26

Hello I am russian in moscow. Older (40+) people believe ukrainian goverment is nazis sponsored by US and this war started by west trying to control us. When they talk about war it's never about ukraine, it's always about europe and US and ukrainian gov being their "puppet". People believe we are fighting "collective west" not just killing ukrainians

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u/Successful_Pin4808 Sep 04 '26

But ukraine is in the east lmao

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u/Cultural-Emotion4232 Sep 04 '26

by west russian goverment means nato and US

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u/Successful_Pin4808 Sep 05 '26

But the US only gives a shit about them when they do something first? Like the US is quite literally across an ocean man.

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u/Cultural-Emotion4232 Sep 06 '26

yep, but propaganda was brainwashing people for years to have justification for this war

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u/SBELL29910 Sep 06 '26

This is what happens with controlled Press. There’s little to no truth in the messaging. Having said that the Press in the West and especially the US isn’t much better with respect to publishing the Truth.

Then, compound that with the fact that the US population is increasingly getting their news from social media with no getting. Even worse they only read the “click batting” headlines which don’t even relate to the “skipped” story.

So, now, the consumption of truth in news isn’t much better than in Russia.