I don't give a fuck about tactics and crap, this isn't Starcraft.
My definition of winning is the same definition of winning war has had since the beginning of time: achieving one's political objectives.
Ukraine's political objectives are:
* To be in the strongest possible position at the peace table
* To get military and political support from the West against Russia during the conflict and after the conflict is over (EU membership, military protection from NATO if not NATO membership).
They are on track to achieve both.
Russia's political objective was clearly regime change, which miserably failed, and then control of Donbas, which they are struggling to achieve.
So, who's winning?
The only way Russia wins is if nonsense Russian talking points infest Western public opinion so much that we stop arming Ukraine.
qsort|3 years ago
My definition of winning is the same definition of winning war has had since the beginning of time: achieving one's political objectives.
Ukraine's political objectives are:
* To be in the strongest possible position at the peace table
* To get military and political support from the West against Russia during the conflict and after the conflict is over (EU membership, military protection from NATO if not NATO membership).
They are on track to achieve both.
Russia's political objective was clearly regime change, which miserably failed, and then control of Donbas, which they are struggling to achieve.
So, who's winning?
The only way Russia wins is if nonsense Russian talking points infest Western public opinion so much that we stop arming Ukraine.
alaricus|3 years ago
The only place Ukraine is winning is in Western media.