[Petrosius]

You don't seem grasp what is going on -- the Russian strategy for the past year and a half has been to destroy the Ukrainian military, not gain territory.

Nice dream but that is not what has been going on. The Russians have been launching multiple unsupported attacks across open fields and have been suffering horrible casualties. Estimates are that the ratio between Russian and Ukrainian casualties has been around 2.5:1.

[Kazan]

That is exactly what has been going and the reason the Russians have been gaining almost a village a day for the past month or so.

Ukraine keeps losing ground, it will never get back.

[SACK UP]

I’m not really sure this true. Russias strategy going back centuries has always swamped it’s enemies with a seemingly never ending supply of manpower. Most of the time if we are not talking 1st world adversary they win. Its been reported the Ukrainians are losing 800-1000 troops a day. Unless the Russians are losing 10000+ a day its impossible for them to retake the east and highly unlikely they can hold the west.

[PIF]

7:0.5

[woodpusher]

Estimates are that the ratio between Russian and Ukrainian casualties has been around 2.5:1.

All one needs to know is that the Russians have the advantage in manpower, artillery and shells. According to the Ukrainians, the Russians have an advantage in shells of 10:1. It takes a special kind of Baghdad Bob to claim the side with a 10:1 shell deficit is inflicting the most casualties at a 2.5:1 ratio.