repulsewarrior wrote:...obviously if you compare movements on maps daily, there are always ebbs and flows.
Russia is advancing that's clear, only slowly and at a heavy cost; it is a matter of timing, what and when Ukrainian troops will receive as weapons.
...despite the so called advances, Putin gains nothing in only crushing (potential) competition for resources which he is exploiting elsewhere, and in my opinion it is a shortsighted view.
Putin, like Erdogan, and Zelenskyy know very well what the People want, i have no doubt; it is a matter of intentions.
At this point or at some point in the future enough will be enough, but "it" will not be over until it is, as the Problem, solved.
For crying out loud wake up to reality…
Russia has already defeated the Ukraine like 10 times over!
When was the last time you heard of an opponent having all their hardware replenished over and over as if by magic?
When was the last time you heard of an opponent using up all their soviet hardware and then getting all NATO equipment over and over, and losing that too?
When was the last time you heard of a defender outnumbering the invader by 5-6 times and yet losing every battle?
It’s like playing a computer game which keeps cheating and yet still losing every round!
Without the West interfering this would’ve been over in like two weeks and you have the audacity to ask things like why it’s taking so long?
Start using your head!
Ukraine tends to over inflate their successes and under report their failures to boost moral. Russia probably does the same.
