Quote from: be.open on Today at 10:08:30 AM

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What nonsense, you draw at least premature conclusions, because the operation continues and seems to be quite successful.

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The fronts are not moving. If any, Ukraine has made some minor advancements and Putin keeps sending unready troops to die for nothing. The number of artillery batteries sent now to Ukraine is starting to range in the hundreds, not to mention air defences and civil support. The tactical situation is looking grim for Putin.

Putin's army is unable to make any decisive advance. What you call grinding is in fact stagnating.

There is a say "strategy eats tactics for breakfast". Putin's psychos tactics are far from anything that you could call effective, but the strategy of the US here is stalling Russia into a war, bleed it and leave an economy that cannot sustain another war. That is being clearly and unquestionably being achieved. While you waste your time defending a poor tactical performance, they use theirs to make the economy of your country sink into oblivion.

Even in the unlikely case of Russia achieving any significant territorial gain, Putin has gone from trying to have less of a border with NATO, this look like it ends in a "victorious" border with NATO of thousands of km both north-east and south-east, an increase military spending in Europe.

This great achievement of uniting your enemies and giving new life to an organisation that was in question (NATO) and creating a thousands of kilometres long border with NATO is so great that I am starting to suspect that Putin is a CIA agent. No joke, a CIA double agent could not do any better than him

Your argument Ukraine has to capitulate because Russia has this or than "policy" is interesting. Let me put an example of realistic that is "sorry about gravity but Russia has decided that stuff is going to fall upwards", no need for further discussion.

Quote from: be.open on Today at 10:08:30 AM

Quote from: paxmao on Today at 08:32:58 AM

But the biggest problem Putin will now face is not Ukraine. Finland, Sweden and Ukraine are certainly now almost forced to join NATO. Europe will take all steps to reduce or remove energy trading with Russia. Congratulations for your victory.

Scandinavians are much more adequate than Ukrainians and for the most part do not experience Russophobia.

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So the entry of Finland and Sweden into NATO is still in question, in Finland there are debates in parliament and it seems that common sense is ready to prevail there.
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BTW, Finland may "experience some level of Russophobia" after the recent war you guys had with them. Nothing like the level that will exist in Ukraine for generations of course.