[rdcbn1]

Wishing them the best but not very optimistic on their chances. This is just an escalation that sucks us down the road to direct NATO intervention. The Russians will prevail by sheer brute force and NATO will be faced with the political disaster of abandoning the Ukraine project as a lost cause or trying to salvage the situation via direct intervention.

[buwaya]

This assumes the Russians actually have the brute force. This has not been apparent since their last, failed attempt at maneuver warfare, at Izyum last year.