Peak propaganda?

Terminator?

I admit I don´t believe a word of this. Anders Åslund has reached some kind of peak propaganda delirium tremens. 

Does he really believe that the Ukrainian army has managed to kill 28,000 Russian soldiers in just three months, which is more than the number of Russians killed during nine years of war in Afghanistan? If so, the number of wounded must be three times that number, making the total Russian casualties 112,000. In three months?! Zelensky must be some kind of Terminator! And yet, the Russians have taken Mariupol and Kherson, and thus control a corridor between the LDNR and Crimea - one of the goals of the invasion...

Also, mainline media reports suggest that the sanctions aren´t very effective, that the ruble is stronger than ever (sic) and that several EU governments are backhandedly giving permissions to businesses to pay for oil and gas in rubles...

But sure, the claims of Åslund´s article are testable. And on record. On Twitter, Åslund writes: "The overall picture from the war in Ukraine is that the Russians are attacking, but hardly making any headway. The Ukrainians are holding & waiting probably three more weeks to receive more heavy artillery before starting their serious counteroffensive."

Three weeks, then. Then we´ll see...

"Putin is going to lose his war"