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After this happens, how much of Ukraine do you think Russia is truly after? The current 5 oblats or an additional 4 oblast to form 'Novorossiya,' or New Russia? Odessa, Mykolaiv, Dnipropetrovsk, and Kharkiv. I don't think Putin has western Ukraine in mind. Folks have a hard time coming to the realization that the Ukrainian Army is in collapse. Ukraine must win because they were invaded. Where have we heard that before? Oh yeah, Vietnam. McNamara, Westmoreland, and Johnson. All 3 lying to the American public and saying the US had the war won. Well, the United States lost the Vietnam war after many years of fighting. We won most of the battles but lost the war. Zelensky is preaching from the same playbook. No mention of Ukrainian casualties or the size of the Ukrainian Army, but it is sure as shit winning this war and it will win this war as long as it takes. Russia unfortunately will come out on top.
No one knows how much Russia really wants and anyone who claims they know is lying, the best we can do is make some guesses based on what their foreign ministry & military leaders say. The Russian negotiating team said it would be 8 Oblasts on the next peace offer instead of 5, and their military launching new offensives into Sumy and Dnipropetrovsk would be consistent with this. The problem is neutralizing Ukraine as a threat will likely require taking a lot more land than the Russians really want.
As for casualties, the usual retarded Ukrainian supporters can try to rationalize this all they want, but the kill ratio is decidedly in favor of the Russians. Ukraine ain't winning a war like this, the ratios need to go the other way if they're to have a chance.