“They’ve been trying to do that for 2 years now. They’ve made it like 50 miles. At this rate they’ll take Kiev in about 2029 or so.”
It really does not matter what the propaganda is coming from both sides. The plain truth is what you just said.
I see a negotiated settlement long before the Ruskies get to Kiev.
Putin/Medvedev are playing good cop/bad cop with Zelensky.
The Ukrainians need to capitulate before Russia takes more land.