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Yes, probably delusional, the Ukrainians are not playing 4D chess to lull the Russians into a false sense of optimism, people have been making such claims since early last year...

Meanwhile, Ukraine needs to first make sure everyone on its team is actually helping rather than using the war for personal gain:

Good points that I agree with. Ukraine needs to make putin's adventure acting as a terrorist in their country as costly for him as possible and something will eventually breakdown for putin. Recent drone strikes by Ukraine on oil infrastructure are an important step in this. Warfare has moved a long way from armies marching out onto a field and victory going to the one left standing at the end of the day. Russia is the largest country in the world by land area and has long held nuclear weapons and maintained a large army so there is good reason to try deflate its aggression and tendency toward terrorism in as low key fashion as possible. I understand people being frustrated that there are not huge levels of NATO weapons publicly flowing into Ukraine to drive putin out but a glorious war against NATO is exactly what he has been looking for to cement himself into the history books as a great wartime leader. The faltering support that has been publicised means he can't even claim that it is the full efforts of NATO countries to support Ukriane that his forces are failing against. Although still costly in human life I think there may be an agreement behind the scenes that a long term draining of the resources of putin's terrorist state is the safest approach for Ukraine and the rest of Europe. More signs of unrest in putin's terrorist state reported today:

Russia are counting on that.

How long will that take, 10, 20, 30 years? Longer?

Unless their army is killed or injured at a high enough number to prevent continuation, that's it.

Withdrawal comes only from the military price being too high.

Sanctions always weaken over time and Russia has a lot of allies, sympathisers in Africa and Asia. Not of the economic power of the modern West but significant and enough to keep them going.

If people want Ukraine to free their land then they must get everything they need. An awful lot of people are content to say Slava etc etc and leave it at that, talk of Russian casualties and their economy going down the swanee.

Russia are pushing now because the Ukrainian counter offensive failed, that is what you call it when you are roughly where you were before it started.

They might feel Ukraine might have to fall back but it also might be to push over the faltering Western support.

Ukraine will not take back the land without an awful lot more Western support.

The Kremlin now can reasonably hope that they will keep the land they have taken, they mightn't but they have a chance again.

That's down to Ukraine not getting enough support.

The West should be in it to win it.

I believe they drink everything they can get their hands on. Brains eaten alive with chemicals.

It's a great platform that along with the Saab cv90s are probably the best of the bunch in Ukraine, haven't seen too many reports of the tow missiles being used be interested to see how many they actually received

It's definitely not psyops, Ukraine is having issues I think overall all 2024 is going to be a very difficult year for them with supplies and ammunition types even zelensky himself said they are ok for about a month when it comes to air defences and other supplies, only yesterday they shotdown half of the latest drone attack and it was only a small amount of drones, but the days before they were boasting about a new tech that can take down Russian drone and how have thousands of these devices in service,but a few days later Russian drones come and yet get through the air defences and supposedly new electronic warfare systems,

Mean while accounts are desperate to downplay Russian gains or advances but 2024 will be difficult with tough decisions having to be made and I think the lines will likely look the same bar a few advances here and there as they are now,

When you hear a Former NATO commander and now president of the Czech republic say it's time to take off the rose tinted spectacles when it comes to this war it might be time to take note

Can America not give Ukraine all the rest of their cluster bomb ammunition so? Since it's banned to use by America and it's not in Ukraine its 1 way to get rid of it all in one go and could really help Ukraine. Bit different then giving them supplies that congress won't give this might be different?

They could if they choose to yes,Ive been saying this since early last year when it was announced they would send them a small amount and the usual types of replies later on was oh but Ukraine has millions of these cluster shells,no America has 4 million cluster munitions not Ukraine, just as bad as the number of Bradley's America has and is about to scrap but Ukraine got 90 and a handful of spares to replace the ones damaged or lost to Russia,

They might be getting obselete and old greek military equipment now a Deal for new F16s to Greece and Turkey is about to be concluded and the Greeks have Penned a deal to F35s as well ,

So that's more Soviet equipment to Ukraine

A bit of Polyfilla woulda held it for a while longer

... or pay Ukraine for the 'disposal' of obsolete munitions.

And for all the talk about Putins re-election being a done deal (and most likely it is), there will not be any more large scale mobilizations until after the election has taken place. So, Putin is having doubts about just how far he can push the Russian people.......

They requested them last year....

and it seems there wasn't 9000 tow missiles sent to Ukraine the consensus is between 1500- 2500 ,

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insane losses on the russian side in Avdiivka