The Russians have a hard time fathoming that the Ukrainians for whom they have so much contempt have been able to fight then to a stalemate, despite having 1/4 the population and being starved of weaponry.
You mean American-backed Ukrainians. It would have been over in weeks if not for our muscle and money. Stop pretending the Ukrainians are magical heroes.
Well there have been a lot of helicopter crash lately.