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Russia controls less Ukrainian territory than it did in March and April, and managed only a .3% gain in June.
Russia is never taking Odessa.
That whole 40KM-long Russian column achieved its aim: Drive many Ukrainian forces from South and East of Ukraine. Cities like Mariupol, Kherson, and others were seized because Ukrainians tried to defend Kiev and poured huge resources to it.
You need to understand that there is no timetable on the Russians. They'll take Donbass. They'll seize South, including Odessa. And they'll open the corridor to Transnistria.
Meanwhile, your stories will keep changing from providing air force to Ukrainians, to Eagle and Phoenox suicide drones, to "muh HIMARS", to who knows what you'll claim.....
EU is Russias leading trade partner, twice the amount than tradings with China. Yet in your parallel universe Russia doesnt trade with EU..
The EU is an enemy of Russia. Russia does not trade with the EU. Russia trades with China. China has 1.4 billion people, the oldest continuous civilization, the land of the two rivers, the world's biggest economy and the world's biggest military.
To bad russian weapons is of no interest. Lots to investigate, slightly burned, but still.
It's only some of the trophies. The Javelin will be compared to HJ-12 which Russia bought from China.
U know market economy/trade is always reciprocal, Russia provided EU with cheap resources for industrial production and Russia gained from EU goods and services. A breakdown of trade is self mutilation. Even if you take out energy spot prices, cost of freight, insurance and handling will make EU energy cost much more expensive than rest of the world. EU in the long run gains 1-2 % inflation which equals to 1-2 % cost of capital, Russia economy will be mired in economic slump for the foreseeable future and will likely be dependant on China for a long time. China(selling consumer goods and technology to Russia) and US (selling oil and Lng to europe) laughing all the way to the bank. EU cannot win a war of attrition against Russia, Napoleon and Hitler tried.Oh we know. Russia has shown to be an agressive enemy that will lose its biggest customers (the EU). Which will hurt russia immensely once prices settle down (after corona disruptions and market settle)
EU is Russias leading trade partner
Russians still need to capture Bakmuht, Kramtorsk, Slovyansk. They also need to remove land mines, round up lost soldiers, clear the rubble and regroup and rearm. How long this will take is difficult to predict, because it depends on the morale of both sides. The most worrying part is Ukraine's High Command is being run by politics instead of by Military Logic