Russia - threadbanned users in OP

 "It's hard to understand what's the malfunction in the Russian military."

This is so funny, lol.

You are so close to getting it, but something is stopping you making the link. That something is your obsession with lines on a map, Ukraine are slowly degrading Russias ability to fight effectivly, while improving their own, or to put it another way..... Ukraine are winning.

You have just shown everyone why you get accused of parroting propoganda and Ukraine supporters don't.

It's because as you just said yourself Ukraine supporters will happily call bullsht on pro Ukraine misinformation.

"I don't think" "I don't think"

Putin tried for Kyiv and failed. Now he can't push on. Not doesn't want to but can't.

Hard to know if it's incompetence or a plan....I've read some comical cope on this thread but that's hilarious.

That's too true. It's not about Putin, it's about the mentality of the people who determine Russia's fate. Yes, Putin is a threat to world stability, but whoever comes after him would likely be even worse. And if he fails in Ukraine, others in his place would want to succeed. I really can't see an acceptable to both sides solution that can last a decade, never mind forever. Even if Ukraine cedes territory and Russia promises territorial integrity and nonaggression, we already know how that ends.

It is critical that Russia is pushed back to the original borders much like the outcome of the Korean war. Even if it ends in armistice, not peace treaty, it's essentially the same as Russia could always start a war.

if Russia lived in peace and harmony with its neighbours there would be absolute zero threat to its security from the North European plain. Less than zero. Unlike in the 20th century there are no expansionist empires on that plain.

because it is a kleptocracy the kleptocrats within feel threatened. If it was a democracy there would be no feeling within Russia of threat. That’s been stated thousands of times on this thread.

There are many formerly murderous empires living cheek by jowl in Western Europe in the longest period of peace on the continent in century’s. No one in Europe wants a bloody war.

Ukraine does not need to take back all of their territories' all at once. They only need the part that gives them dominance over Russian supply and logistics routes. And that's what they are working on, and very successfully too! Does not matter if the "few sq kilometer's" you mention has a population of 50 or 5'000 , its the fire point that it has that's important. Once they break the Russian supply chains, that's it for Putin. He's war will be reduced to long range bombing, and while that's effective, so is the Ukrainian's increasing ability to defend it self, not to mention also it ability to strike back at the heart of Putins empire, Moscow itself. Putin is running out of tricks.......( and everything else too!!, especially time )

You can believe anything you like but your believing something does not make it reality.

Ukraine have been taking back territory since the Russian retreat from Kiev and are on the verge of a breakthrough in the south, Russian morale is in the gutter, the wealthiest nations on the planet are supplying the AFU, while the Russian economy slowly sinks into the Black Sea as they beg for materiel from North Korea, lol.

Ukraine will win this, not by fighting over every inch of land, but by degrading the Russian war machine and that is exactly what they are doing.

As regards the tanks, there was footage of Russian infantry near a Leopard 2. Although if I recall correctly the Ukrainians pushed them back and recovered it. More broadly there were some captured M113 models including part of an Australian donation. Think a M113 was videoed with Z type markings. So at least Vietnam era albeit updated APCs falling into their mitts.

Kermit, its malfunction on a massive scale, and its caused by Vladimir Putin's using the Russian Federation as his ( and his cronies) personal bank. The whole lot under Putin is one massive FcK up! ( also in a massive scale )

I find it interesting that @Kermit.de.frog is a geopolitical analyst when it comes to stating why they think Ukraine cannot push Russia out, but has then only read the forward of an Anthony Beevor when it comes to figuring out why Russia isn't advancing.

Russia will surrender any day now and all territory will be returned to Ukraine .

And it would have all been completely unnecessary for Russia. Russia had been doing more to advance Russian interests when it had the online trolls out, doing to western democracy what Fred Dibnah did to old chimneys. Just light a few fires at the base and watch the thing come crashing down. Russia deciding to try and really flex its muscle has had the complete opposite effect and undid much of what they had been doing.

They've already lost the war.

It's already restless.

Gun battles in Buryatiya between locals mining jade and police/army.