What is certain is there will be many more deaths before there is peace in Ukraine. It is a dangerous path we tread when we we go to war. No one knows where it will lead, and the consequences are catastrophic, there are no "winners" only losers!

John McCrae ‘In Flanders Fields‘.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

AC,

One thing is clear, the Russian offensive has been a total flop, for about 50 square km the Russians have lost nearly 30 000 men roughly 5 Russians killed for 1 Ukrainian, and hundreds of tanks, and other equipment that they cannot replace. The drastic drop in attacks and their 2nd mobilisation push for another 147000 conscripts show that the Russians have culminated. The sending of T55 tanks to Ukraine is a clear sign of Russian desperation.

As for your fantasy that the Ukrainian army has been destroyed at Bakhmut, that's a joke. The defence of the city has been carried out by a few 1000 Ukrainian soldiers with many well-trained snipers in the buildings culling the herd of Russians trying to advance.

The policy of the Ukrainians in the face of the Russian human waves has been to set up a well-defended killing ground to cause Russian mass casualties, then move back when overwhelmed to the next defensive line and killing ground.

Russia is losing this war.

Still believing the lies SM?
Ukraine's haddit, they wont last another 6 months before they face total collapse and Russia's on Kievs doorstep.
They don't have the troops, weapons, ammunition, tanks, airforce or anything else to keep this thing going any longer than that.
They don't even have enough in the tank to launch their spring counteroffensive with any real hope of success.

It's over for Ukraine, its simply but a matter of time.

AC,

As every prediction of yours so far has been wrong, I look forward to rubbing your face in it once again.

McDonald’s reportedly temporarily shuts its U.S. offices and prepares layoff notices
http://www.cnbc.com/2023/04/02/mcdonalds-reportedly-temporarily-shuts-its-us-offices-and-prepares-layoff-notices-.html

Maybe they shouldn't have closed those 800 restaurants in Russia
- Well you know what they say, go woke, go broke.

SM, You forgot your standard violin playing ending, that's new.
Russia can still make 1000 new and refurbished tanks per year
Where you gunna get yours from, and artillery and air defense and ammunition and airplanes from... stuff like that?
There won't be any more tanks after this lot your getting.

Norwegian company says TikTok data centre is limiting energy for manufacturing Ukraine ammunition
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/mar/28/energy-hungry-tiktok-data-centre-ukraine-ammunition-production-nammo-norway

Germany rules out any further weapons deliveries to Ukraine
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/04/01/germany-rules-out-further-weapons-to-ukraine/

There's hardly any more kids left in Ukraine to be rounded up
- Sent for 2 weeks training in Kharkov to fire off 2 clips and sent to the front.
- Who's going to fight your war ?

Ukraines got more troops defending Bakhmut that exists in the entire British armed forces.
(And they're losing territory every day - nice way to lose 200,000 to 300,000 men defending a town you're going to lose anyway btw)

Don't worry, another hundred thousand or two Ukrainians will die so you can cling on to hope a little longer.
Don't hold your breath hoping for a successful outcome though, it's not going to happen.

Maybe you'll find this terrorist attack in St Petersburg pleasing SM?

Vladlen Tatarsky: Killing of pro-Kremlin blogger investigated as murder
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-65155075