loathsome on Nostr: If that's the depth of your insight into the conflict, you're really not even ...
If that's the depth of your insight into the conflict, you're really not even qualified to author coloring books.
At this point in time, Russia has lost all strategic initiative and can barely muster a random local offensive that usually ends badly. The only question remaining is whether or not Ukraine can break through to the Azov sea. If Russia can prevent that and Ukraine makes peace by giving up the area, then sure, I'll say Ukraine "lost". But at the same time, it's not much of a victory for Russia. A small shift in border at the cost of a lot of dead white people.
At this point in time, Russia has lost all strategic initiative and can barely muster a random local offensive that usually ends badly. The only question remaining is whether or not Ukraine can break through to the Azov sea. If Russia can prevent that and Ukraine makes peace by giving up the area, then sure, I'll say Ukraine "lost". But at the same time, it's not much of a victory for Russia. A small shift in border at the cost of a lot of dead white people.