@GeorgeTubberlin@IuliiaMendel Wrong π. The value, in real terms, of what the USA has given to Ukraine as a percentage of what they gave in the Lend-Lease program is ~ 20%.
So no, 20% is NOT enough.
Rodion Miroshnik from the Russian Foreign Ministry has openly admitted what the regime has hidden from its own people for years: this will be a long war of attrition, Europe will continue funding Ukraine, and Moscow has no realistic way to force a deal. Translation: their blitzkrieg fantasy died years ago, and now they're conditioning Russians to accept endless meat assaults for vague "strategy" that somehow never delivers victory.
His confidence is missing. It's damage control after 4.5 years of failing to achieve any major objectives while burning through 500,000 dead and a million crippled. The 8-to-1 loss ratio on the front tells the real story. Moscow cannot win militarily, so it pivots to exhausting the West through hybrid pressure and hoping isolationists in Europe and America lose nerve first.
Let me be blunt. The only side that can end this tomorrow is the one that started it. Ukraine bears zero responsibility for striking Russian territory. Invaders don't get to cry foul when their logistics, refineries, and command nodes burn. Withdraw, and every strike stops instantly. Keep occupying, and the war continues on your soil too. That's not escalation, that's basic cause and effect.
Miroshnik's statement is Kremlin propaganda dressed as realism. It exists to normalize permanent war for Russians while their elite keeps stealing. The right Western response isn't negotiation. It's sustained military aid, accelerated sanctions enforcement, and Ukrainian strikes deep enough to make occupation unsustainable. Moscow understands only pressure. Everything else just drags out the bleeding.
@DutchNostraDaan@IAPonomarenko The USA, under both Biden and Trump have shown that it definitely does have "something" to do with the invasion of Ukraine by Russia:
β Military equipment given
β Sanctions applied
β "Peace" talks mediation
β Intelligence sharing with Ukraine
β Additional diplomatic efforts
@Rajvittal127071@IuliiaMendel What will make it even easier is that the Ukrainian nation is fighting the Russians. You might have a point if the Russians were only fighting a cocaine addicted nazi but no such person exists in a position of power in Ukraine π€·ββοΈπ€·ββοΈ.
@Rajvittal127071@IuliiaMendel Easily. There are many historical examples:
E.g. 1) The Soviet Union against the Afghan Mujahideen.
2) The USA against the Afghan Taliban.
3) The French against the Viet Minh.
4) The USA against the Noth Vietnamese.
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@NatalkaKyiv π± If it works, if they're successful, they'll be happy to die in Ukraine for many years to come. π±
Let's hope β for Ukraine's sake β that's not the case π
@TheDarkFacts@IAPonomarenko π Being a good soldier fighting for a moral cause is good. Thay should keep fighting. Being a good soldier fighting for an immoral cause is bad. They should either stop fighting or switch sides.
@RealGeopolitic@BobNonya150039@IAPonomarenko Not China; there's no war between the USA & China.
Not Russia; there's no war between the USA and Russia.
But definitely Ukraine; Ukrainians are being murdered in their homes π by terrorist Russia using ballistic missiles.
@JScoreForever@IAPonomarenko The USA under both Biden and Trump had a chance to show solidarity with a country in need of help β that they had promised to defend in the Budapest memorandum. Failure to do so has shown that the USA has no honor π€·ββοΈπ€·ββοΈ.