You are imbibing Ukrainian/Western propaganda. The Ukrainian army is a hollow shell, being sustained only by foreign mercenaries, required to operate the fancy new weapons. The Russians have mobilized 540,000 to 600,000 troops according to Col. Douglas MacGregor, with maybe more to come, and they do not lack for equipment or ammunition. "The Russians are running out of missiles" may have been hopeful months ago, but now it is dry irony as the Russians knock out Ukrainian electricity and keep it knocked out. The European West has been bled dry; they can offer no more military aid. The U.S. is the only money pot left and Zelensky must cravenly appease his curators. And the Russians are making sure that the NATO weapons "dry up," by taking every early opportunity to destroy them with pinpoint artillery fire when they appear in the field.
You are seriously over estimating Russian capabilities. Those conscripts are largely not combat capable.
Why else are they consistently retreating? Strategic bombing of critical infrastructure only works if you actually follow it up with progress on the ground. This is borne out in history time and again.
Look, you don't know what is going on. For one thing, they are NOT "consistently retreating." They consistently repel assaults by Ukraine and blow them up to the tune of 300-500 casualties daily. The Ukrainians keep on throwing cannon fodder up to be destroyed. Easy pickings. Meanwhile, the PMC Wagner forces are slowly cleaning out Bakhmut. The strategic bombing will be followed by progress on the ground---but you have no common sense or patience. That can happen only when the ground is thoroughly frozen and progress on the ground will be possible. Even Zaluzhnyi is anticipating a major attack.
Don't even bother with Ukrainian propaganda; it is all rot. And that includes any public statements by the U.S. or the U.K., who countenance the rot and give it cover. The Russians pummel the Ukrainians mercilessly with artillery---and they are not running out of shells.
The Ukrainian propaganda has been confirmed as lies, frauds, hoaxes, ever since the start of this battle. The U.S. refuses to criticize or distance itself from it. Neither does the U.K., which is implicated in the staging of some of it (the Bucha "massacre" for instance). The Russians, on the other hand, have not been exposed as lying. And they don't make absurd claims, they just report from the field with photographic coverage.
The real questions is, why do you trust Western/Ukrainian propaganda that has been shown repeatedly and continually to be a tissue of lies? Your discernment is nonexistent. And you have no sense of what is happening on the battlefield (Russia takes, holds, liberates, and incorporates 20% of Ukraine and you say they "underperform"...).
I fold in with analysis by Col. Douglas MacGregor, Scott Ritter, Gonzalo Lira, Patrick Lancaster and others. The only ones disappointed are the Ukrainians, who have seen hundreds of thousands of troops dead, all for the sake of punishing Russia on the U.S.A.'s behalf. It is an absolute bloodbath. The forests of flags flown over clogged Ukrainian cemeteries is a doleful sight---which you are no doubt sparing yourself, because the Russians "dramatically underperform."
You are imbibing Ukrainian/Western propaganda. The Ukrainian army is a hollow shell, being sustained only by foreign mercenaries, required to operate the fancy new weapons. The Russians have mobilized 540,000 to 600,000 troops according to Col. Douglas MacGregor, with maybe more to come, and they do not lack for equipment or ammunition. "The Russians are running out of missiles" may have been hopeful months ago, but now it is dry irony as the Russians knock out Ukrainian electricity and keep it knocked out. The European West has been bled dry; they can offer no more military aid. The U.S. is the only money pot left and Zelensky must cravenly appease his curators. And the Russians are making sure that the NATO weapons "dry up," by taking every early opportunity to destroy them with pinpoint artillery fire when they appear in the field.
You are seriously over estimating Russian capabilities. Those conscripts are largely not combat capable.
Why else are they consistently retreating? Strategic bombing of critical infrastructure only works if you actually follow it up with progress on the ground. This is borne out in history time and again.
Look, you don't know what is going on. For one thing, they are NOT "consistently retreating." They consistently repel assaults by Ukraine and blow them up to the tune of 300-500 casualties daily. The Ukrainians keep on throwing cannon fodder up to be destroyed. Easy pickings. Meanwhile, the PMC Wagner forces are slowly cleaning out Bakhmut. The strategic bombing will be followed by progress on the ground---but you have no common sense or patience. That can happen only when the ground is thoroughly frozen and progress on the ground will be possible. Even Zaluzhnyi is anticipating a major attack.
Don't even bother with Ukrainian propaganda; it is all rot. And that includes any public statements by the U.S. or the U.K., who countenance the rot and give it cover. The Russians pummel the Ukrainians mercilessly with artillery---and they are not running out of shells.
And you trust Russian propaganda? Be more discerning otherwise you’ll keep getting disappointed as Russia continues to dramatically underperform.
The Ukrainian propaganda has been confirmed as lies, frauds, hoaxes, ever since the start of this battle. The U.S. refuses to criticize or distance itself from it. Neither does the U.K., which is implicated in the staging of some of it (the Bucha "massacre" for instance). The Russians, on the other hand, have not been exposed as lying. And they don't make absurd claims, they just report from the field with photographic coverage.
The real questions is, why do you trust Western/Ukrainian propaganda that has been shown repeatedly and continually to be a tissue of lies? Your discernment is nonexistent. And you have no sense of what is happening on the battlefield (Russia takes, holds, liberates, and incorporates 20% of Ukraine and you say they "underperform"...).
I fold in with analysis by Col. Douglas MacGregor, Scott Ritter, Gonzalo Lira, Patrick Lancaster and others. The only ones disappointed are the Ukrainians, who have seen hundreds of thousands of troops dead, all for the sake of punishing Russia on the U.S.A.'s behalf. It is an absolute bloodbath. The forests of flags flown over clogged Ukrainian cemeteries is a doleful sight---which you are no doubt sparing yourself, because the Russians "dramatically underperform."