if you did nothing but look at the war map like its a paradox game you would think ukraine is making a comeback since russia left the area around kiev, the reality is that russia now has a foothold in the territory it wants to hold and its unlikely there will be much more ground gained or lost either way.
If we're talking paradox they're building up war score by holding the contested territory. Don't know if they've had a decisive major battle to get it over the threshold to sue for peace though.
Plus Zelensky's favorability meter for pressing terms probably has "US Puppet" on it with a billion red minuses which means he wont surrender until the literal last moment
unlikely there will be much more ground gained or lost either way.
Agree with most of your post but not this part. Ukraine is essentially finite stockpile of many weapons systems (jets, tanks, cruise missiles, etc). Even if the West wanted to supply these big ticket items, it'd take years to get enough Ukrainians up to snuff on the operation and maintenance side. That's why most of the aid that's been sent is pretty point and shoot stuff like man portable missiles. Even the howitzers supplied by the US and Aus had their complex digital fire control systems removed.
Russia, on the other hand, makes most of its own stuff and can keep up resupply (even if at a diminished rate due to sanctions). Given enough time, the Russians should be able to grind down Ukrainian assets until the entity UAF is just light infantry, at which point the Russians can overrun them.
The main question is the political target and Russian public sentiment on where to stop. The former is unknown and the latter varies wildly depending on source.
if you did nothing but look at the war map like its a paradox game you would think ukraine is making a comeback since russia left the area around kiev, the reality is that russia now has a foothold in the territory it wants to hold and its unlikely there will be much more ground gained or lost either way.
If we're talking paradox they're building up war score by holding the contested territory. Don't know if they've had a decisive major battle to get it over the threshold to sue for peace though.
Plus Zelensky's favorability meter for pressing terms probably has "US Puppet" on it with a billion red minuses which means he wont surrender until the literal last moment
(Preemptive self :jesse-wtf: )
So it looks like the CIA really is buying their own propaganda then.
when do they not?
Good point
Agree with most of your post but not this part. Ukraine is essentially finite stockpile of many weapons systems (jets, tanks, cruise missiles, etc). Even if the West wanted to supply these big ticket items, it'd take years to get enough Ukrainians up to snuff on the operation and maintenance side. That's why most of the aid that's been sent is pretty point and shoot stuff like man portable missiles. Even the howitzers supplied by the US and Aus had their complex digital fire control systems removed.
Russia, on the other hand, makes most of its own stuff and can keep up resupply (even if at a diminished rate due to sanctions). Given enough time, the Russians should be able to grind down Ukrainian assets until the entity UAF is just light infantry, at which point the Russians can overrun them.
The main question is the political target and Russian public sentiment on where to stop. The former is unknown and the latter varies wildly depending on source.