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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Tom Graham just had a new book published, and Stephen Kotkin is giving interviews from time to time, they both dig Russia, just in different ways, since one is a former diplomats and the other is a historian. Well they both said that the occupied territories are most likely to be kept by Russia. They are both supportive of Ukraine so it’s not Russian trolling. 
The issue now is the exit strategy and how many lives can still be saved. I think it’s possible for Ukraine to keep the Russians where they are now, but at what cost? [/quote]

That does seem to be Ukraine's strategy presently - war by attrition. They learned this summer that they can't get through the minefields without suffering horrific casualties. So they don't. But increasingly, they've developed an advantage with artillery, tanks, drones, and tactical missiles, which allow them to hit nearly 200 km behind the lines. Ukraine is making this invasion incredibly costly for Russian invaders.

And I don't see that ending. Ukraine might not be able to take back all of Donbass and Crimea. But they can continue to utterly destroy Russia, tank by tank, platoon by platoon. Russia lost hundreds of pieces of equipment and thousands of soldiers last week in a very misguided, poorly led offensive. With time, supplying Crimea will become incredibly difficult and costly for Russia. And of course, Russia can't afford any of this. The wheels will start to come off over the next year or two. Russia is between a rock and a hard place. And there's no way out.  [/quote]

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