AnimalNoodles
Well-known member
I'm curious, how much territory do the Ukrainians need to regain before you will consider it a success for them, rather than another round of 'clever Russian maneuvering wears the Ukrainians down' or somesuch?
Give me an amount of territory, or name a couple of particular cities/towns. Tell me what it will take for you to think things actually aren't going as planned for the Russians.
Taking tiny scraps of territory inside what is literally no mans land is irrelevant, especially when those bits change hands frequently. They are only made important due to the the impact of social media. 25 years ago the news wouldnt have even reported on it.
For it to actually be important, they would have to breach the defense lines, and take an important center, like Tokmak, and hold it. Right now Ukraine is finding out a truth the Russians have. War now favours the defense, and all the wunderwaffles wont change that.
Unless you can find a way to break through several lines of trenches, dragons teeth, ditches and mines while being hit with air strikes and artillery.