• ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com
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        11 hours ago

        Yes, but that would require Ukrainian forces to actually recapture Crimea militarily. The idea that the Russians will just run away eventually after being “bled out” is a ridiculous one. They’re going nowhere any time soon unless they are dislodged by force.

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          11 hours ago

          Goobers like you were once saying Ukraine resisting was futile, and Kyiv would fall in three days.

          Ukraine has consistently defied the naysayers, and kept a numerically superior force at bay. We’re now seeing them reach far behind enemy lines and wreck Russian infrastructure, and the cracks are slowly starting to show.

          I absolutely believe they can win this.

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            9 hours ago

            I never said anything of the sort but sure. Goobers like you have been saying the cracks are showing for the past 3 years, so I’m just waiting to see this big collapse that is supposed to happen.

            Ukraine has had its own infrastructure wrecked over the course of the war, so that doesn’t just apply to Russia. Everything is finite and it’s not like Ukraine is the only side being supplied by it’s allies.

            A lot of people do believe Ukraine can win, but it’s about time the west got serious and gave Ukraine the tools they need to take decisive action soon. In the years since the 2014 crisis, we’ve seen the emergence of the Donetsk and Luhansk republics in Donbas backed by Russia. The more Russians that move there, the more there will be resistance to any idea of Kyiv governance in the future. You can’t control a territory without the consent of the people who live there.