• ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.mlOP
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          14 days ago

          Russia is very much ending it, hence all the panic over Ukrainian army collapse that’s unfolding in western media right now.

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              14 days ago

              Because it’s a war of attrition and it took a long time for the AFU to reach the point of collapse. Russia didn’t do big arrow offensives because those would’ve been very costly in terms of equipment and manpower as Ukraine found out during its fabled offensive. Instead, Russia chose to use its massive artillery advantage to grind out the AFU instead, and now we’re seeing the results of that approach. Here’s an analysis from an actual expert if you’re interested

              https://rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/commentary/attritional-art-war-lessons-russian-war-ukraine

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                13 days ago

                We gotta wonder whose benefit it is to keep on prolonging while the official story is different

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                  13 days ago

                  Given that Russia and Ukraine almost came to an agreement two months into the war and the west sabotaged it, I think there’s little question about that.

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                    13 days ago

                    It’s definitely fishy with sabotaging all around from different directions with all of the negotiation attemps

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              13 days ago

              Pretending Ukraine was winning was necessary to send them more weapons. They would never get funding for a war of attrition which ends in their loss.

              Now the obvious conclusion is unfolding and our media slowly changes tone as if they are surprised Ukraine cannot win.

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                  12 days ago

                  No, it was always “Ukraine is winning but might lose if we don’t help” because obviously if they just said “Ukraine is winning” then the help would be not needed.

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                    12 days ago

                    It was “Ukraine is on the verge of losing each second but a few weapons can keep their head above water until a peace is negotiated”