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[The only thing to be decided is if Russia takes control of just the eastern half of the country, two-thirds of it or all of it.

The longer Zelensky holds out, the worse the final deal will be. ]

What the final outcome is depends on Putin’s pain threshold. In Soviet times, when the Russian security state had extreme coercive powers at its disposal, and Russia had 280m people within its empire, that threshold was 13,000 dead. Putin has crossed that raw number of dead, and the Russian empire is now 145m strong. There’s also the fact that the Russia of today lacks the sheer state security muscle of yesteryear. Can it cripple and kill enough Russians internally to force them to sacrifice themselves in large numbers in Ukraine so Putin can make himself Vladimir the Greater? The jury is still out.

That all assumes the numbers you're posting are accurate and not propaganda. The Russian MOD listed the number causalities yesterday at 1351.

But, if you believe these numbers, then you believe the Russians in the same region have lost more troops to the Ukrainian military than the Soviets did to a much more formidable German military WWII. I certainly don't believe that.

The Russians own the air space and sea. They could be engaging in "shock and awe" if they wanted to in major cities like Kiev. And, they probably would be if the causalities were anywhere near the number you're quoting.

What I can't figure out is why you would believe the Biden regime on this. They lie about everything else. But, you think they telling the truth about this?

Or do you think Ukrainian government is when it is using video game footage to show the destruction of Russian planes?