Even Strelkov, that Russian "separatist" leader in the Donbas (though he fled since being a separatist leader gives you a short life expectancy) who helped invade Donbass in 2014, who unlike Putin has actually been involved in the ground to ground fighting from Checnya, Georgia, and then Ukraine (he is, like all Russkie 'separatist' leaders, a mercenary that fulfills jobs for the FSB), thinks Russian losses are appalling and expects Putin to capitulate with a new Minsk agreement at the rate things are going.
The Russkies have not captured very much territory. They are only just now--after bombing to rubble--moving on Mariupol, which is only a short distance away from the DNR/LNR. Strelkov himself made this point, that after 3 weeks now of combat, the Russians have barely taken the entirety of the Donbas.
Verified Russian losses are beyond, at this point, the wildest imagination of what anyone expected. Formally, Russian numbers have recently been released that puts the dead at something like 7000 Russians with 16,000 injured. Other estimates put Russian losses in the tens of thousands. There are verifiable huge losses of tanks, armor, supply trucks, and air power. None of this is "propaganda." It is verified and confirmed, even if the total number of dead Russkie Orcs and Goblins is undetermined.
If this is what you call "winning," I'd hate to see what you call losing! Analysists, which predicted an easy victory for Russia, are now expecting a long prolonged war and stalemate... but then, just over the past 48 hours, it seems Ukraine might even completely ruin Russia's northern aggression. What happens to Russia's forces in the East and South when one wing of the invasion collapses?
I know you're rootin for Putin, but you need to take off the rose colored glasses. Claiming otherwise just makes you look desperate to prop up that regime's reputation.
Strelkov thinks that huh?
That should settle it then.
Chuckle.
How many wars has Putin capitulated in?
Remember the very tough war in Chechnya?
The Russkies have not captured very much territory. They are only just now—after bombing to rubble—moving on Mariupol, which is only a short distance away from the DNR/LNR. Strelkov himself made this point, that after 3 weeks now of combat, the Russians have barely taken the entirety of the Donbas.
Just keep telling yourself that until you Russians win.