[amnestynone]

Yes, the corrupt one was Zelenskys predecessor who was a Russian stooge. He was corrupt just like Russia. He was deposed for that reason. If zelensky and his regime is so corrupt why are they kicking Russia in the butt? Oh, then again so many Putin lovers on here think Russia is winning which is what they want to believe.

[CapandBall]

[BroJoeK]

amnestynone: "If zelensky and his regime is so corrupt why are they kicking Russia in the butt?
Oh, then again so many Putin lovers on here think Russia is winning which is what they want to believe."

capandball #74: "If having over 20% of their territory occupied is considered “winning”, then yes Ukraine is winning."

Right, like anything else, it all depends on your definitions of "winning" or "losing".

1. In 2014, Vlad the Invader occupied about 7% of Ukrainian land in Crimea and parts of the Donbas.

2. In circa March 2022, Vlad's invasion forces occupied another 20% maximum, claiming a total 27% of Ukrainian territory.

3. Since then, Ukrainians have liberated about 63% of the newly conquered land, or almost half of the total land Vlad invaded.
   Three notable Ukrainian campaigns included Kiev, Kharkiv and Kherson.

4. For over nine months Russia's major assault has been against Bakhmut, and during that time, First World War style advances have gained for Russia several square miles of Ukrainian territory at a cost of something like 100,000 Russian casualties, including 20,000 killed, with much smaller numbers of Ukrainian casualties.
   Fair to say, Russians lost 1,000 soldiers for every square mile of Bakhmut they flattened & conquered.

5. Today Russia's holdings are reduced from 27% to 14% of Ukrainian territory, still double what they held in 2021 -- in Crimea and the Donbas -- or roughly 33,000 square miles out of Ukraine's 233,000 square miles total.

6. Today the Russian military is digging in to prepare for the expected Ukrainian spring offensive, and so far, aside from sending missiles against civilian targets, has revealed no more offensive intentions of its own.
   Some are saying Russia is no longer capable of offense in Ukraine, and that the war is now Ukraine's to win.

I guess we'll soon see about that.