[thegagline]

"The battle in eastern Ukraine is really almost over, all of the Ukrainian troops there have been largely surrounded and cut off. You have a concentration down in the Southeast of 30 or 40,000 of them, and if they don't surrender in the next 24 hours, I suspect Russia will ultimately annihilate them." Douglas MacGregor February 27, 2022

"The first five days Russian forces I think frankly were too gentle," he said. "They've now corrected that. So, I would say another 10 days this should be completely over." Douglas MacGregor, March 2, 2022

[JonPreston]

Russia is winning too slowly.

[kiryandil]

That was before the West poured in weaponry, money and now boots on the ground [there are Western special forces in the Uraine].