FOLLOWING MILITARY STALEMATE, UKRAINIAN WAR HAS BECOME ECONOMIC BATTLE BETWEEN RUSSIA AND THE WEST

With the invasion of the Ukraine reduced to a grinding stalemate, the focus of the struggle has become an economic struggle, argues YouTuber Perun, pitching the Kremlin against the Western nations that support Ukraine. Putin has played his strongest card by cutting off energy supplies to Europe, but with almost no diplomatic and political impact. The key question now is "How long can Russia's relatively small economy, bolstered by authoritarian controls, stand the strain?"