Russia - threadbanned users in OP

Avdiivka all but lost to the Russians.

Grim times ahead for Ukraine.

Probably another few months before they decide to withdraw to safer defensive lines

You are focusing on what's happening on the battlefield, and ignoring the bull in the China shop, what's actually happening in Russia itself. Drone attacks are causing massive damage to Russian infrastructure, long range heavily armed drones are active on a daily basis, just to add to the mayhem and misery Putin's lack of investment in basic systems like water, electricity and heating breaking down, in the middle of the Russian Winter with temps of -30 recorded. Scarcity of basic food stuffs, cost of living going through the roof. Major clashes between protesters and police in Bashkortostan, which hasn't or will not go away. Russia cannot win the war in Ukraine, but defeat for Russia will come from within. Putin is too busy now plugging the leaks in his dam of oppression at home in Russia itself. Last year, he had to beef up his security services which while ostensibly are for internal security, are de facto his own personal bodyguard. Long term outlook for Putin and Riuuia is not looking good at all.

I do not post often, and do not support russia. But Ukraine is far more damaged than russia will ever be, barring a world war.

Russia is massive, people forget ukraine will take decades to recover form this.

Ok

As was said at the start of the war "Ukrainians trade territory for time. Russians trade lives for territory."

There are thousands of towns and villages in Ukrainian, and most are not strategically important. This has descended into a war of attrition, and the attaching side almost never wins a war of attrition.

That's true, it will take Ukraine decades to recover, but can you imagine Ukraine in 20/30 years?

Cities will be rebuilt but so will their military, they won't let this happen again so you can guarantee they will build their army up, they will buy the best aircraft they can get from the west, they will be members of NATO and there's probably a good chance they will rearm with nukes because any treaty they had with Russia is now dead in the water.

i often wonder about towns and cities in Ukraine and in the wider Eastern European area with all the wars of the last 100 years some cities have been destroyed 3 or 4 times at this stage. Surely it must be a factor when building over there that the chances of it surviving 50 years are quite low. Building elaborate fancy public buildings must be rare in that zone of war??

when you look at old photographs of Irish towns from 100 years ago you can always recognise a handful of buildings that are still the very same in shape and outline. Must be very different in Eastern Europe.

A couple of weeks ago some units ran out of mortars rounds and 40 mm grenades which they are reliant on for close quarters engagements,the issue there is they then become solely reliant on artillery, what happens when the Artillery slows or god forbids stops,and this is a side effect of being solely reliant on the US to defend Europe