There Is No Doubt, Russia Is Indeed a Superpower

We might, however, need to slightly redefine what that means

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When Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24th, it had two main goals: denazification and demilitarization of Ukraine.

It sent the second most powerful army in the world against a civilian army. Within two days, Russia’s professional forces were already knocking on the door of Kyiv. There were reports that President Zelensky was almost captured in the first hours of the invasion.

And, as President Putin said through gritted teeth on the second or third day of the invasion, anyone standing in the way of Russia’s “righteous” path would be shown no mercy. He was letting it be known that surrender would be accepted but defending the fascist regime in Kyiv would mean certain death.

Few in the world doubted Putin’s words. Few doubted that Russia, the “other superpower,” wouldn’t succeed in accomplishing its mission.

The funny thing is, though, Russia did accomplish a mission. It might not have been the mission it had originally conceived but is a mission nonetheless.

Russia’s success

In a way that only a superpower could, Russia has demilitarized its own army. Depleted of most of the modern gear a soldier…