We are approaching the third year and you're unaware to the degree the Russian military industrial complex was revealed as a fraud?

The NATO concern with Russia in a conventional conflict isn't whether they would win, it's if they would win so convincingly that Russia would immediately escalate to nukes.

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refurb 7 months ago | parent [-]

> We are approaching the third year and you're unaware to the degree the Russian military industrial complex was revealed as a fraud?

It's very hard to square that conclusion based on the fact that it's Ukraine that has consistently lost territory during this war, save for a couple offensives that ground to a halt pretty quickly.

This war will end with Ukraine losing a significant chunk of it's territory.

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AtlasBarfed 7 months ago | parent [-]

Russia has gained territory slowly using meat waves. It has possibly taken 500,000 casualties gaining only 18 miles of front in the last year.

During the war Ukraine has regained territory in fast maneuvers and large amounts when Russia's defenses falter.

Ukraine has utterly defeated Russia's Navy, its has neutralized its armor, fights on peer or better with the air force.

What is necessary for Ukraine to achieve near total victory is to neutralize Russia's artillery and disrupt supply lines and staging inside Russia, which the NATO rules of engagement only just allowed.

It's my general opinion that while all of the Donbas region may not be reclaimed which isn't of great value except as a buffer zone, it is still possible for Ukraine to recapture Crimea, which is inevitable if the Ukrainians defeat the Russians across the Dnieper because of Russia's functional loss of its navy.

	▲	refurb 7 months ago \| parent [-]
		> It has possibly taken 500,000 casualties gaining only 18 miles of front in the last year. That seems highly unlikely considering the over inflated Ukraine estimate of Russian casualties is 700,000 for the whole war. More trust sources estimate total Russian casualties for the war under 500,000, so I doubt one battle was 500,000.