(#5155) putin is pretending he can still win in Ukraine

      The daily losses in every region of the front in Ukraine remind us that putin is fighting a lost cause. He is losing up to and about 1000 troops every day and his supply of troops has been diminished by over 160,000 dead and likely the same amount injured since he started this invasion. His latest attempt to recruit about 400,000 civilians to join his military seems so desperate for a man who bragged that he could take Ukraine easily. Well there is nothing simple about what he started including his massive war crimes list. This invasion by putin was not as he planned and instead showed the world what tremendous people the Ukrainians are.
     Within the next few weeks or even sooner there should be a Ukrainian offensive that will likely bum rush what is left of Russian troops out of Ukraine. I expect this with the momentum the Ukrainians are showing and the utter failure of Russia to fight with intelligence instead of brute force. The motivation of the Russian military is nothing more than to survive. They know that they are not valued and are expendable in putins army. I kind of chuckled to myself when I saw that putin was trying to get 400,000 new recruits because most Russians by now understand that their lives are worth nothing in putins deranged sense of national pride.
     It has been over a year now and all the momentum is on the Ukrainian side. The sooner this invasion is destroyed and those in the kremlin held to account on the world stage the better for all the world and especially the Ukrainian people who have been devastated by the sheer madness putin has subjected them to experience. The days of the tyrant are over and the rest of the world who has not been on the side of the Ukrainians will no doubt be made to feel the pain of their unconscionable decision. It is my hope also that Ukraine can start it's counter offensive very soon so that the kremlin can finally understand that either they change their political direction or it will be changed for them.