(#5031) Ukraine is advancing toward literally taking their country back

      The retreat by Russia from Kherson is a major blow to putin's hopes of keeping Crimea. As strategies go Kherson was a vital link to keeping Crimea secure. Not so much anymore. Now putin is facing a defeat that was unthinkable when this whole murderous invasion began. That Kherson has fallen is a psychological blow that the ordinary Russian will feel. They are as much to blame as putin for the invasion of Ukraine. They also support the invasion of Ukraine evidenced by the about 80,000 dead Russian military personnel that they are not protesting. The Russian people get no benefit of the doubt now that they have shown no impulse to stop putin from murdering at will.
     All the momentum is on the side of Ukraine and the west who supply the most needed weaponry. Ukraine has kept it's promise when they said if you help us with weapons we will fight and beat the Russians. That is a fact now as Ukraine has destroyed so much of the military might Russia had previously thought to possess that now the idea of Russia as a super power is laughable. Sure they have nukes but their fighting armies are decimated and obviously underperforming. Russia is not now considered as a dominating force in Europe and instead Ukraine is becoming that themselves. The democratic nation of Ukraine is a fine example of what motivates people to freedom. Russia does not have that.
     All Russia is fighting for now is not to be totally embarrassed as they keep retreating back to their original borders. That putin is being talked about in terms of replacement is another sure sign that not all is well between him and the power in the kremlin. Soon, as the losses keep mounting daily in the many many hundreds of deaths and equipment loss putin had better watch his back. That is the way with dictators. They must never be shown to be weak or the vultures around them will pounce. Well Ukraine has made a weakling out of putin by retaking Kherson and the forces that are around putin are sharpening their own knives for the time when putin is most vulnerable.