It was obvious from the beginning that Ukraine could never match the Russians in a ground war. They didn’t have the manpower nor the training nor the superior weapons to defeat them. And once the Russians had a year to prepare their defenses against any counter attack, there was little chance of breaking through them.
This is a war that will be discussed for decades.
The Russians entered with a force that was primarily made-up of ‘raw’ recruits who had a few weeks of boot-camp and marginal combat training.
The ‘bump-up’? Wagner mercenaries....who demanded a pay-scale situation.
Lost equipment? Somehow, the Ukrainians got this idea to attack advancing tanks with anti-tank missiles, then target the fuel tankers, and with inexperienced tank crews...Ukraine got an edge.
The Russian lost equipment? If you look at video lately....you don’t see much hardware from the past 30 years. I see tanks mostly from the 1960s/1970s (probably dragged out of depot).
Russians who left? It’s a debatable thing but one can assume around a quarter-million left Russia (mostly men) and probably won’t be coming back. It wouldn’t matter if they were old guys or alcoholic marginal workers, but it appears to be a lot of the youthful 20-something guys with some skillcraft.
The war will continue until Putin dies, then some designed ‘end’ will occur. No peace-treaty....just an end.
It was obvious from the beginning that Ukraine could never match the Russians in a ground war
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Everyone knew this, however what everyone didn’t know is all the back door “ promises “ Biden’s government promised the Ukie regime to fight Russia down to the last Ukie. Those false promises energized St Zelensky enormously.
Now that the US and collective West has NOT offered Ukraine admission to NATO, boots on the ground and has NOT been able to deliver weapons in the amount needed, it becomes clear senile Joe gave false hopes to St Zelensky.
Those promises were rather premature, the Sanctions failed to collapse the Russian economy, the collective West’s arms manufacturing industry was found to be severely lacking , Vlad found an alternative to US’s SWIFT system, and a new China/ Russia/ India/ Brics alliance has been strengthened.
In short, all the promises senile Joe gave Zelensky never came to fruition.
Senile Joe should start preparing for “ Zelensky’s Revenge”.