If ten Ukrainians or a hundred Ukrainians die for every Russian, the decisionmakers in Kiev and Washington see this as a win, since, after all, a Russian person died. Hell, these are the people who wanted to put up a monument to a shark. The number of dead Ukrainians is of no concern to Zelenskii or his western sponsors.
I should have added, that if Ukraine temporarily seizes a chunk of land large enough to cover a good-sized coffee table, this will be proclaimed to be the greatest military triumph since the days of Alexander the Great, even if doing so costs Ukraine a mountain of corpses and another mountain of wrecked western equipment.
Either that or the cheerleaders will insist that "This is just a reconnaissance in force, a psyop to get Putin to overcommit and we killed a Russian to boot! The REAL counteroffensive will come later, after we give Ukraine more tanks/F-16s/a NATO army/IRBMs and nuclear missiles/sharks." This again, after Ukraine has paid a colossal price in blood for what the cheerleaders call a "reconnaissance in force", not to mention the price in western treasure.
This will continue, unless and until Russia either ends this war for good, or finds a way to make the lives of the decisionmakers in Washington uncomfortable. Short of WWIII, I am not sure how Russia can accomplish this.
Fabulous commentary.
Excellent, informed, balanced update by Mark Sleboda. Impressive.
Really good analysis loved it!
If ten Ukrainians or a hundred Ukrainians die for every Russian, the decisionmakers in Kiev and Washington see this as a win, since, after all, a Russian person died. Hell, these are the people who wanted to put up a monument to a shark. The number of dead Ukrainians is of no concern to Zelenskii or his western sponsors.
I should have added, that if Ukraine temporarily seizes a chunk of land large enough to cover a good-sized coffee table, this will be proclaimed to be the greatest military triumph since the days of Alexander the Great, even if doing so costs Ukraine a mountain of corpses and another mountain of wrecked western equipment.
Either that or the cheerleaders will insist that "This is just a reconnaissance in force, a psyop to get Putin to overcommit and we killed a Russian to boot! The REAL counteroffensive will come later, after we give Ukraine more tanks/F-16s/a NATO army/IRBMs and nuclear missiles/sharks." This again, after Ukraine has paid a colossal price in blood for what the cheerleaders call a "reconnaissance in force", not to mention the price in western treasure.
This will continue, unless and until Russia either ends this war for good, or finds a way to make the lives of the decisionmakers in Washington uncomfortable. Short of WWIII, I am not sure how Russia can accomplish this.