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Originally Posted by MarchHare
Real talk: is Ukraine actually winning this war, or is that just wishful thinking and we're only seeing social media posts and videos that show what we want to see?
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realistically they can't win this, but at the same time, Russia isn't winning either. On the contrary, they are pretty much losing on every front ... this war is costing a lot of Russian lives, it cripples them financially, it ruins their economy, it trashes their global standing and it isolates them from most of the world. Putin is inflicting a ton of damage on his own country and its people, not just today but tomorrow and the day after.
Which is also what makes the situation unpredictable and dangerous. Putin can't get out of this without a "win", meaning he'll be convinced he'll at least have to take over Ukraine. Which means he'll probably ramp up the intensity and accept a lot more bloodshed, especially since Ukraine is putting up a hell of a fight and Russia has been unable to make the kind of progress they had anticipated.