Russia - threadbanned users in OP

Didn't take you long to nail your colours to the mast, did it? Another Russian propagandist. Out, out, out!

I don't think you understand, it is better to be dead than be the instrument of another.

The ones that rule through fear depend on acquiescence. "Oh well we can't win anyway", "oh they are much too powerful". Firstly noone is as powerful in practice as their propaganda suggests, not Russia, china not even the us. So it is worth testing them. Secondly you have to hurt them even if you lose, otherwise they will be back to take more in a few years. So you see Ukraine has no choice, they must fight to the death or become the instrument of the enemy that persecutes them.

You seem to be somewhat deficient in knowledge of what has happened to putins forces since they invaded Ukraine. They have had to retreat from large areas that they had initially tried to occupy and that was before much of the current equipment that the Ukraine armed forces have arrived. Saying Ukraine is still not able to resist is simply deluded and putins military forces have lost thousands of the sc*m bags they sent to Ukraine to criminally attack a sovereign nation in spite of having signed agreements to respect their internationally agreed borders. It is no surprise that you feel a narrative that is not glorifying russia and its repeated criminal behavior is not coming from russia as they are the only ones who seem willing to try to justify their behavior in Ukraine.

The idea that it is a war of artillery is a moskovyte invention as that is where they have invested a large amount of their military capital but it has proved to be painfully slow to demolish even small urban areas like Bakhmut with artillery and without a competent assault force to move forward after artillery strikes it has taken the moskovytes almost a year to take most of one small town and more recently their artillery ammunition dumps are being taken out by the more advanced weapons being sent to Ukraine so it has been the moskovytys who have had to reduce their rate of artillery fire. The supporters of Ukraine have also been increasing their artillery ammunition production so I don't think they will run out.

Missiles that can target russia have already been sent to Ukraine and I hope the military forces of the international community will send more to help Ukraine stop the moskovyte terrorists. I think putin will die soon when enough of his people realise he is the reason so many of their young men are getting turned into fertiliser for nothing in Ukraine.

Looks like the date is set so to speak, or more speech to panic the Russians into more concentrated areas.

Short answer, Yes. Its just a question of time.

I don't want to be harsh, but you can't say "I could be wrong but I've been right so far" and not point out where you've gone against the consensus and be correct.

It's only a "war of artillery" because the initial Russian invasion failed and resulted in the current stalemate. Which might change if Ukraine can launch a counter-attack, Russia hasn't displayed much when it comes to offensive capability for about a year now. But there's also the constant bombing of Ukrainian civilian targets (by Russian cruise missiles, drones).

As for Putin doing anything about anything, he has set a lot of red lines and threatened everyone in the world, but it's just been hot air so far (with the obvious exception that he did invade Ukraine).

Well said.

Yep. A significant breakthrough could cause a snowball effect among war-fatigued and ill-supplied Russian troops. Likewise there could be localised collapses. It's not impossible that significant tracts of weaker troops could crumble, which could cause severe problems for the Russian military.

Don't think of Russian defense like Germany 1945, with fanatical German soldiers fighting every inch to protect their motherland to the bitter end. These are (largely) badly trained troops, often poorly equipped, fighting for money in a foreign land against very determined defenders.

Ukraine prevailing is the goal of every civilized country.

Well while the Russians are good at making children scream, they are no match for the Ukrainian tractors drivers.

Not this time 😉

An air attack on Moscow, well well.

The populace will be outraged and no amount of spin on the Putin controlled media can contradict explosions in the air and the ground shaking.

Putin's chickens just all came home to roost....

Having read this The word ‘ deflection’ comes to mind

If there was ever something to bolster the Putin regime, it will be bombing civilian targets in Moscow. I can't see this helping relations with some of the more skittish Ukrainian allies.

Seems like an odd false flag. Moscow itself getting hit makes Putin look weak. With internal arguments in Russia this does not seem to help Putin's powerbase unless he responds decisively and he does not seem to have the military capability left to do so. People in Moscow may support him but they also know the easiest way to stop the bombs falling is to get out of the Ukraine.

The US has already said it is willing to look the other way if Ukraine attacks Russia itself so Ukraine is unlikely to lose much support.