This Will Not Be a Long War?

Ukraine’s intelligence chief spoke recently and stated that the war in Ukraine would not be a long war. He estimated six months to a year until a Ukrainian victory. Many critics of Ukraine and the West’s support of Ukrainians often say that this war is unwinnable by Ukraine. They believe that Russia is some behemoth, a giant among nations whose pit of resources is bottomless. They discuss how Russia has four times as many troops as Ukraine. Still, their argument usually stops there because the population size seems to be Russia’s only advantage. Throughout the war, one by one, The imagined Russian advantages have disappeared. The 20,000 tanks of pre-war Russia turned into 10,000, then fell to 5,000. Now Russia is scraping the bottom of the barrel for 70-year-old tanks whose mechanical deficiencies necessitate them being used as artillery pieces. Russia is turning to recruitment in foreign countries like Qazaqstan, Cuba, North Korea, and the African countries that have fallen under the Russian chaos mantle. Russians are no longer willing to die for Putin’s glory. Latest estimates put 420,000 Russian soldiers in Ukraine — far too few to hold the defensive lines, provide logistics, and maintain control over ungovernable territories. <a href="https://medium.com/@dylan_combellick/this-will-not-be-a-long-war-1f40222a2796">Visit Now</a>