Despite utilizing vast superiority in numbers and armaments, the past twelve months have seen Putin's forces claw back only around 1,609 square miles—chiefly in Donbas, which is a mere 0.69 percent of Ukrainian territory. This territorial expansion has come at an appalling human cost; Ukraine's Ministry of Defence estimates Russia's military casualties last year exceeded 430,000, despite Putin's forces being bolstered by North Korean troops.
Putin kills or wounds ~half a million Russian soldiers to capture less than one percent of Ukrainian territory
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The Russians have already won.
American capitation...that is American recognition of the facts.... is only a matter of time.
Half a million Russian casualties to capture one percent of Ukraine - I'm guessing 30 million Russian casualties to capture Kyiv.
Yes it was. Putin's stated objective for the war was to remove the 'Nazi' regime in Kyiv and demilitarize the nation of Ukraine.
They have not won. And as for "only a matter of time", at the rate they are going it is a few hundred years.
I don't know if even Russians are willing to tolerate 30 million casualties and five decades to capture Kyiv.
Putin told them five years ago he could take down Ukraine in two weeks.
moon
Satire for Sanity
Putin kills or wounds ~half a million Russian soldiers to capture less than one percent of Ukrainian territory
Your casualty figures are nonsense. Nobody knows the actual figures for either Russians or Zelenskies.Casualties of the Russo-Ukrainian War - Wikipedia
Do you realize what a moronic statement this is, of course you don’t, invading a sovereign nation is the epitome of Imperial Empire aggression.
I thought Putin was right at the beginning of the war. It turns out the Ukrainians want independence a lot more than we all thought, and that Russia is far weaker than we all thought.
In the end, war is the ultimate test of reality. I have changed my assumptions about reality due to this war. The alt right has not.
I thought prior to the invasion Ukraine was seriously underestimated. But I did not think the conflict would last five years.
The East Slavic people have a reputation for tenacity when pushed to the wall to defend their home and hearth. They are not like the French, who let the Nazis walk into Paris almost on a whim.
Dutch Uncle
* Tertia Optio * Defend the Constitution
The more Russians Ukrainians send back home in body bags, the sooner this war will end.
Trump is already walking back his claim of ending the war in a day....or anytime soon, for that matter. Just the first of many campaign
Trump Claims He'd 'Fix' Ukraine War In A Day If He Wins Reelection
"I would fix that within 24 hours," the former president said.
View: https://x.com/SkyNews/status/1802566844210893208
Trump advisers concede Ukraine peace deal is months away
- Summary
- Trump advisers are quietly backing away from the campaign promise to end the war on Day One
- New extended timeline - months, not days or weeks - recognizes intractability of conflict
- Putin sending mixed messages about readiness to resolve the conflict
Halfwit believes what Ukraine's Ministry of Defense tells him. 
They can't even spell DEFENSE correctly.
Ukraine's Ministry of {sp}Defence estimates Russia's military casualties last year exceeded 430,000
I think even Putin knows he can't sustain ten million casualties and five years to capture Kyiv.
Everyone except MAGA morons knew Trump was lying his fat ass off about ending the war in a day
Dutch Uncle
* Tertia Optio * Defend the Constitution
I keep waiting for Vlad to have an "accident".
MAGA morons lap up whatever Trump spews all over them.
You are dumb. Defence is the proper British way of spelling it, and the Ukrainian Defence Ministry is probably trained to translate their press releases into British English. Most Europeans are trained in British English.
They can't even spell DEFENSE correctly.
Ukraine's Ministry of {sp}Defence estimates Russia's military casualties last year exceeded 430,000
American and British intelligence puts total Russian casualties near 800,000
So considering 2024 is the bloodiest year of the war, 400k casualties in the last year is in the right ballpark, even if it's at the high end of the ballpark.
Althea
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We'll see if trump comes to his rescue. The most recent sanctions are finally crippling Putin's economy. Many economists are predicting that he will be flat broke by this fall.
I'm guessing he'll get much needed help when trump slashes Ukraine funding.
Althea
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You called for an extremely limited 'defense only' posture by Ukraine, citing 'appearances'. I strongly disagreed. This war could have been over already if the Western allies weren't tip toeing around Putin. Look at the gains being made now that Ukraine is using weapons capable of attacking well into Russian territory.
Ukraine's energy infrastructure is an absolute mess due to the West's pussyfooting around.
Althea
Althea told me...
About what?