Tractor_Pete
Tractor_Pete t1_j27ehxa wrote
Reply to comment by backcountrydrifter in Russia hits Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region 590 times in one week by RandomForks
He's probably afraid that if the war goes badly enough (i.e. losing the territories seized in 2014) other russians in the security apparatus will correctly conclude that he's fucking things up badly and politely insist on his leaving the country (or poison his ass).
Dictators usually don't get to stay in power after losing a war.
Tractor_Pete t1_j27e2nk wrote
Corrupt belligerent neofascists know their own.
Tractor_Pete t1_j9hxcel wrote
Reply to comment by Otherwise-Ad-8404 in Belarus claims Ukraine army groups have massed at border, risking its security by WickedSlice_
Sold his nation's future for a few more years in power. I think he is the lowest, most degraded head of state in the world.