hussain0216
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The thing is, that did not explain the Russian losses.
If their goal is just to liberate Donbas like you claim, then number 1, they are still a bit before they can achieve that. and number 2. the way to achieve that is not proportional to the goal, the Russian lost 300,000 troop dead and wounded for a small scale operation like liberation of Donbas and instead of fighting a concentrated war, they fought a diverse war with a frontline more than 1200 km.
Ukraine is ruined, yes, but then it does not taken the fact that if this war stop tomorrow, and even if the frontline stay where it was, Ukraine still have control to the sea, and Ukraine still have control of 82--83% of their land, and Russia is left to deal with the aftermath by itself, while the sanction may not ever lifted until they give up Donbas, which mean whatever you are seeing in Russia now is going to be the Russia in the future.
Ukraine? Well, the west will rebuild them, and they still have control of most of their land, and only lost one port (that's Mariupol) and after the rebuilding, they will get back to at least 90% of what they used to be.
In a way, Russian had already lost, because if push comes to shove, Ukraine really do give up Donbas in bid of NATO membership, they are going to be accepted (there are no way NATO will let Ukraine go after transferring that many equipment only for them to go back to Russian camp or worse went to Chinese camp) What Russia is going to do when Ukraine being a part of NATO? And that's going to be the way, THE ONLY WAY, to solve this problem it just how long Ukraine realise this is the only way is the matter of question here.
I mean, as long as you happy, as they said, it does not have to be real, right? I mean, as they say, Ignorant is a bliss
The Russian aim was to liberate the Russian speaking east of Ukraine
It's was Ukrainian intransigence and western stupidity that led to the blood bath and expansion of the war
It was the eastern march of NATO towards Russian borders that caused the problem right from the beginning, otherwise negotiations were the way forward
Once the war started the Russians regardless of the costs could not lose, it became a matter of national honour for them and Putin
So 10,000 or 100,000 dead no longer matters
The Russians have diverted oil supplies south, they have made deals with states in their sphere of influence for supplies and support and China is sitting back watching everyone kick the shit out of each other
It's reaching the point where the meat grinder has taken TOO MUCH OUT OF THE UKRAINIANS, the scramble to enlist women soldiers, older soldiers and now requesting for anyone over 18 shows you the Ukrainians are beginning to scrape the bottom of the barrel
The front also is seeing the Ukrainians struggling to keep the Russians back
Ukraine actually has to have something to rebuild and it won't if the youth of Ukraine are pressganged into the conflict and sacrificed
Things are heading towards negotiations and the western allies are also beginning to speak up about the need to negotiate