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Old 2nd November 2023 | 20:08
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langleybaston
 
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From: Baston
Originally Posted by wondering
Grim realities. Thought so earlier. Time and casualty ratio are not on Ukraineīs side. For the ordinary (big city) Russian life hasnīt changed that much the last 20 months. And it looks like it wonīt change to the worse any time soon.

The question is how to defeat Russian quantity with quality. A quality Russia canīt easily emulate or defeat.
Maybe. But what would "winning" be like for each side considered separately? This is a vastly complicated subject, but I believe the protagonists and their backers need to spend a while asking the question. We are where we are, but as the old joke says "I wouldn't start from here!"
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