(#4865) All quiet on the eastern front

      Not a lot of news is getting out on the battle for the eastern part of Ukraine lately and that may be a good thing. Although I suspect that there is much happening now that is being kept quiet so as not to inform putin on what equipment is coming or what is going to happen once it does. I hear bits and pieces of some movements within the current battle and a supposed Russian advantage but like in all battles the initial confrontation is just the first moves on the chess board. Being sucked into places with apparent victories is a strategy that has worked well through the ages. I expect the Russians know this but with their  under performance to date I cannot be sure.
     The west through Biden and Zelenskyy have surely mapped out a strategy that will be anything if not complicated so as the next days unfold we are sure to see a more enlightened detailed account of how the battle for Donbas is progressing. The Donbas and Crimea will not be let go of by Ukraine so an overall effort to keep both within the Ukrainian sphere is as well surely part of this current Ukrainian push to end putin's murderous attempt to destroy Ukraine as a sovereign nation. If I had my way I would take border areas away from putin and add them to Ukraine as part of a spoils of war go the victors scenario. But getting Ukraine's original borders back would be sufficient.
     Much has been happening here in the states so the news of Ukraine has become diluted to say the least and as with most worthy news events eventually fades given our penchant to short term attention spans. Yet Ukraine is still the biggest story on the planet and until there is a resolution to the murdering by putin it will remain so. The problems here in the US could easily be mitigated under sensible guidelines yet republicans cannot get there. So we know what to do and just need to do it. In Ukraine the fighting has been fierce and the Ukrainian spirit has been incredible but there is not sure way to win other than to fight given the ego maniac in Moscow.