LogFAQs > #978841792

Yeah, the sheer weight if Russia's numbers was always going to tell if things drug out.

Ukraine punished Russia's early mistakes hard. Even their first major counter-offensive was very effective. Problem is that, after that, Russia changed strategies. Originally they were pushing forward everywhere, no matter the cost. This allowed the Ukrainians to hit the Russians when they over extended and hurt them, badly.

The new strategy is more conservative, pushing slowly, and grinding down Ukraine's ability defend, let alone marshal men and material for counterattacks.

Obviously foreign aid should continue, and my view is still that the Ukrainians should not negotiate while a single Russian soldier is still on their soil, including Crimea. But I'm not the one fighting, and it's not my home being destroyed, or my friends and family being killed. I'll trust the Ukrainians to decide when it's time to negotiate.

The most important thing to remember here is what the Russians have already done in areas they've occupied. If the entirety of Ukraine falls under the Russians, the whole country will look like what you saw in the aftermath of Bucha. They invaded with mobile crematoria for the purpose of killing people and disposing of the bodies, and that was before the Ukrainians made the entire Russian army look like a fucking joke. Ukrainians will be murdered by the train load if Russia wins here.