• Bobr@lemmy.libertarianfellowship.org
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    9 days ago

    Zelensky’s defenders trying to paint it as a success because, however heavy Ukraine’s losses, they are justified since Russia’s were even heavier.

    The entire conflict as seen by the west described in one sentence.

    “Yes we turned the country into a mass prison and hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians died or got wounded - but more Russians died so it’s a success”.

    • Tiefkuehlkost@feddit.org
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      8 days ago

      I mean its gruesome but thats how a war of atrition works and how you win it, who controls one square kilometer more or less is quite irrelevant as that can change fast once one side collapses.