Ri-ight! There is absolutely no historical precedent for an underdog, defending his homeland from a foreign invader, emerging victorious over a numerically superior foe!
None whatsoever!
After all, Ukraine only has about 50 countries, representing a combined 90% of the world's high-tech armaments production and GDP, on its side!
And the impact of the West's economic sanctions has been near zero.
/mordant sarcasm
Regards,
Regarding ‘underdog’ precedent, there’s the ever tenacious Afghanistan...
Regarding Ukraine, the Western inertia insinuates guilty writ large. But that’s not our concern...
I do not see Ukraine/US/Nato as the underdogs as you apparently do. Neither is Russia....but they all have DOGS fighting in this conflict ring.