Baldrick,

Tony Shaffer is hardly an expert more like a fwit shill. You must be desperate to quote him. Your sources are dubious at best and outright liars at worst and have been consistently wrong.

According to your moron Ukraine has been on its last legs for nearly 2 years yet has consistently managed to beat the snot out of the Russian forces including routing them in Kharkiv and Kherson. Russia's winter offensive has been a complete disaster fertilizing Ukrainian fields with 10000s of Russian men.

Russia's economy is a train smash, and its army is estimated to have lost 60% of its fighting capacity.

Russia is losing this war.

There's plenty more like him saying the same thing.
Youd criticise anyone that didn't tell you what you wanted to hear.
All these people are wrong, yet you and Joe Bloggs are the experts.

Meanwhile your Krysky Bridgehead is crumbling
130 odd Ukrainians have refused to even go there to fight.
Russians have made inroads in Southern Avdiivka
And they've taken a village in the Siversk direction on the high ground, just to name a few advances.
Ukraine is losing towns and territory, and you'd better get used to it.
I did hear there's an F-16 buzzing around though.
I hope they get some footage of it being destroyed.
Where's your M1's?
- Not fit for the task, right, too heavy.
I've been waiting to see one of them get blown up too.
- But captured would be better.

Keep living the dream

IF there is no potential to mount another counter-offensive and reclaim lost territory, then the most Ukrainians can hope for is to hold the line while the Russians use them as target practice.

Sure you might kill 'some' Russians, (But you will never be able to kill them all)
- AND their own people are going to keep dying too
- AND their not going to get any territory back.

If you're not going to get your territory back, then why send more men to die and risk losing further territory as well?
Maybe Ukraine wants it's country to be more destroyed than it already is?
Maybe it WANTS to lose more of it's territory?

Ukraine should try to negotiate, (common sense would dictate it) Unfortunately they can't because 'not negotiating' has been included in the Ukrainian constitution, so Ukraine just has to keep sending its people to die, for nothing.

And somehow all this is for 'western values'?
- What values?

American Imperialism and death?
US jobs?

The simplest and most likely answer tends to be the right one.
What is that answer in this situation.

Have you heard?
The Russians are fighting with shovels...
Their on the brink of collapse...
They're almost out of missiles...
The Ghost of Kiev shot down 79 planes - in a single day!
Saddam Hussein has WMD's!

The answer is - 'You've been played for a fool, again'.

A fascinating vid of fpv drone use in the Ukraine war. Imagine if they find a way to attach shaped charges to jet drones. It may allow the destruction of aircraft with $1000 munitions. Russian aggression could be stopped with sanctions targeting drone electronics.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PVwe8CDsI8

I see your video was made by proud Ukrainian Nazis Fester...
(Look at the logo in the top left corner of your video)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Waffen_Grenadier_Division_of_the_SS_(1st_Galician)

Both sides are getting pretty good with drones.
This isn't just a benefit for Ukrainians but a benefit for Russians too.
They probably learn pretty quickly what works against each other as well as how to better defend from each other.
I think I heard Russia has superiority in drone warfare in Ukraine, but don't quote me on it...
War has changed, expensive military equipment can be destroyed with relatively cheap weapons.
This is now a new reality for everyone.

Drone development is happening pretty quickly.
I've seen new bigger drones that can drop weapons on multiple targets not just a single target.

Baldrick,

Your posts are so full of crap and lies that they are laughable.

Russia is taking huge casualties an order of magnitude more than Ukraine. Russia's economy is in the toilet and protests from wives and widows of draftees are becoming commonplace.

Russia is losing this war and the sooner it capitulates the more of its economy it may save.