Londonrake wrote:Day 63 of what was supposed to be a piece-of-cake conquest of Ukraine. With Kiev taken within a matter or days and the government incarcerated, to be replaced by people more "reasonable" to Russian requirements. Their troops welcomed in the streets as liberators.
Day 63
In a third month of conflict though the Russian army continues the struggle in its attempts to take and hold major population centres and has in essence been humiliated.
The idea of their being up to taking on any of the major NATO's countrie's armed forces, let alone the idea of them all, is clearly a joke.
Sweden and Finland are it seems on the verge of signing up to the organisation. The very antithesis of what this invasion was supposed to be all about to Putin. Although, anybody who has listened to him in the past or read his writings on the subject of Ukraine will understand that NATO has absolutely nothing to do with what's going on. It's about his perceptions of legacy and personal survival.
The west has nothing to worry about then right?
So why did the Yanks who went to Kiev say they need to the Russian forces so weakened that they will not be able to attack a country like Ukraine? Like fuck.
As to a piece of cake? Who said that? The West politicians no doubt. All I remember is after 3 days an asshole saying if the war lasts another week the Russians will collapse.
This will go on for at least a year if not more with more damage to the west than the Russians.
Or something equally paranoid. The fact is that in month 3 of their "special military operation" the Russian army haven't made anywhere near the progress initially expected. Given their overwhelming superiority in manpower and armaments. They've been beaten back from Kiev and now resort to consolidating their positions in East and South Ukraine. You can spin it any way you want (and you absolutely will of course) but they've probably suffered loses in the past 9 weeks which surpass their 10 year effort in Afghanistan. 
