they are on verge of collapse. the only thing that can save the current regime is direct nato intervention. and this is what the ukrainian regime is trying to achieve now. the request for missiles is purely related to this. not because they will cause any serious damage to russia, but because this is the beginning of the nato intervention in such a way that it will not scare off their population at the very beginning, and then it will be too late, as it was too late for the residents of ukraine.
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