Originally Posted by
Moses
===Since the West publicly bragged about how much military gear it will be sending Ukraine and when, Russia had months to dig in defensively. Russia doesn't even seem to be bothering with offensive operations right now. The chances of Russia being able to take and hold Kiev are about 0. Ok, not about 0, exactly 0.====
Should it? Russia stays on position, destroys onу by one Ukrainian battalions and Western military machines. 50% of Ukrainian power supply network is laying in ruins, 30% of supplied tanks and artillery is trash now. Western sponsors of war are discouraged, support of Ukraine is going down (in last package about 70% of support are loans and credits instead of donations), meanwhile Russia got new lands and is still stable.
If West wants to have this war in style "till the last Ukrainian" then Ok, nobody cares here.
If you sit by the river for long enough, you will see the body of your enemy float by.