Ukraine stalemating Russia is a win for Ukraine and a DEFEAT for Imperial Russia.
Megan is correct
The Ukrainians won (past tense) in March 2022 when they defeated the Russians in the battle of Hostomel Airport and secured Kyiv out of Russian control.
That was the defeat of Putin’s main war plan — and Putin lost.
Putin then went for plan B: to make Ukraine land-locked. That failed in June with the Russian losses at Mykolaiv and that was consolidated in November when Kherson was liberated by the Ukrainians from Russian control.
Putin’s plan C was to gain territory in Kharkiv and the entire east of the Dnieper — that failed in September.
Putin’s plan now is the land-corridor to Crimea. That’s plan D and the outcome is still in contention.
Ukraine has already won the first 3 times against Putin.