Russia - threadbanned users in OP

Massive gas reserves in eastern Ukraine and around Crimea. Add in a big gas supply deal with China and you have your answer.

Putin published an essay in july of 2021 (Titled: On the historical unity of Russians and Ukrainians) where he claims Russians, Belarussians and Ukrainians are one people, and that Ukraine isn't a legitimate state, imperialism 101.

If Putin unites Belarus, Ukraine and Russia into one Great Russia thats an extra 50 million people plus the resources of Ukraine all to the kremlin, there's your money trail. The reason its costly for Russia now is Ukrainian patriotism and bravery, Putin didn't expect that.

No body in Ireland uses the term high school history....

Well you gave away that you aren’t in Ireland by referring to “high school”, so I won’t be wasting my time entertaining you.

They had plenty of planes, shortage of pilots.

Another day another balloon burst.

Yes, I did mention that there is no chance of NATO invading Russia, and really it doesn't matter anyway where NATO borders are, there's nuclear armed submarines all over the place, so the location of silos isn't really that important I wouldn't have thought. Russia's economy is already smaller after a year and it will only get smaller. Putin got a bit too big for his boots after Crimea and Syria.

Some of the 100,000 anti tank weapons Nato countries donated to them ,and homemade drones and artillery

Nato tanks have the ability to destroy 20/30 orc tanks before the orcs can even see the Western tanks,

In theory now just in theory.

60 western tanks could destroy 1,200 orc tanks ,

I like those odds

Muppet from Wexford on Zelensky.

I can confirm it's trivially easy. Took me less than a minute. Washing my eyeballs after took far longer.

9,100 is total equipment lost, of that around 1,700 are Russians tanks destroyed, abandoned or captured. Ukraine has lost about 457 tanks (visually confirmed, real figures are approx 10% to 20% more)

It's around a 4 to 1, or 5 to 1 ratio (factoring in captured tanks) in Ukraine's favour. However Russia is a military super-power, Ukraine isn't. Ukraine has to operate from a country that is under attack, having their electricity shut down, having their infrastructure targeted, whereas mainland Russia is untouched. Even if Ukraine are destroying more equipment, they are fighting with one arm behind their back. Russia on the other hand is free to keep pushing it's numerically superior military at them. Also, at the beginning, the Ukrainians took the Russians by surprise with the ferocity and ingenuity of their defence, the Russians are now (slowly) learning and adapting, which means destroying each Russian tank is getting increasingly harder

The international community has sent or pledged over 600 tanks to Ukraine. That's not some insignificant amount, if anything, the Ukrainians are reliant on that supply. Many are freshly renewed and maintained tanks (not old or war-torn tanks with issues. Which as you can guess, given the numbers, is vital for Ukraine. On top of that, a portion of these tanks will be modern battle tanks, which should be superior on the battlefield, as well as being a key morale boost for the Ukrainians (they are largely fighting on pure morale, as Russia has most other conditions in it's favour)

Every drone, every shell, every tank that Ukraine gets is vital, because they fighting one of the largest militaries in the world. As much as people support them, there is nothing comfortable about their situation, it's still very difficult and serious.

To understand the logic you have to understand the imperialistic mindset.

Putin genuinly believes what he wrote in that essay, Ukrainians don't have the right, nor ability, to govern themselves without Russian control, exactly the same view the British had towards us in times past, also the very concept of there being a Ukrainian nationality/identity doesn't exist in his brain, so why would anyone fight for something that doesn't exist.

Nice try but no ,even Gaeilgeoir don't use the term,

Funny my family have all attended Gaelscoils