I think Prigozhin’s biggest contribution to Ukraine was that he undermined the “fragile” Russian justification for the war by stating -- flatly -- that Ukraine was neither a Nazi state nor a threat to the Donbass. “What are we fighting for?” is now a question without a good answer for Russian troops, and that will have an effect on their effectiveness.
What Prigozhin has done is pull back the curtain to reveal what has really been going on. It is all about the oligarchy plundering what they can where they can. Syria, anywhere in Africa, now Ukraine. Ukraine is a problem because as a society and polity they said no more! Maidan in 2013-2014 drive this home. Then little green men showed up in Crimea and Donbas.
So coming back to the moral aspects, Ukraine is fighting for self determination and survival. Russia fights only to prove to themselves they are better...and are not accomplishing that. On an intellectual level, Shoigu and Gerasimov cannot hold a candle to Budanov, Zaluzhny, or other leaders in Ukraine.
I think Prigozhin’s biggest contribution to Ukraine was that he undermined the “fragile” Russian justification for the war by stating -- flatly -- that Ukraine was neither a Nazi state nor a threat to the Donbass. “What are we fighting for?” is now a question without a good answer for Russian troops, and that will have an effect on their effectiveness.
What Prigozhin has done is pull back the curtain to reveal what has really been going on. It is all about the oligarchy plundering what they can where they can. Syria, anywhere in Africa, now Ukraine. Ukraine is a problem because as a society and polity they said no more! Maidan in 2013-2014 drive this home. Then little green men showed up in Crimea and Donbas.
So coming back to the moral aspects, Ukraine is fighting for self determination and survival. Russia fights only to prove to themselves they are better...and are not accomplishing that. On an intellectual level, Shoigu and Gerasimov cannot hold a candle to Budanov, Zaluzhny, or other leaders in Ukraine.