(#5311) Ukraine is unstoppable

      The time Russia had before the Ukrainian counter offensive began to mine and dig trenches as defensive tactics was months. So when the Ukrainian counter offensive started the going was slow. The reason for the slow going was of course the obstacles that Russia put at the front line. But also because Ukraine does not treat it's soldiers as expendable. Each soldiers life is dear so they did not rush into any combat situation where they were not best prepared to limit their casualties. You see the difference in approach between the Ukrainian army and the Russian army. Putin sends his troops in waves into heavy fire that causes massive deaths whereas Ukraine does not employ the cannon fodder tactic.
     What has also stymied Ukraine for a while are all the land mines that are spread out across the passable areas at the front line. But now that Ukraine has cluster munitions those mines are less a threat. Yet anti mine vehicles are still sorely needed. But the biggest get that now is on the table for Ukraine are the F-16 fighter jets. As soon as Ukrainian aviators are cleared for usage of them they can start using them as the sharp end of the spear so to speak and clear out many of the defensive positions that Russia is still holding. Plus with F-16s the ability to control a sea corridor to send their grain to market becomes real. The F-16's will shorten the counter offensive measurably and at the same time save Ukrainian lives.
     Russia is already in a jam with their supplies being diverted and destroyed in getting to the front line so very shortly Ukraine will be able to move east and south to reclaim the Donbas region, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Kherson Oblast, and Crimea. Ukraine is ready and willing to fight for their homeland but they are not foolish enough to enter any traps that Russia would lead them. It may take longer to achieve but when Ukraine has finally removed the Russian horde from their territory they will have suffered far fewer losses than if they let their emotional anger guide them. Ukraine is winning this invasion by Russia and when the dust settles Russia will no longer be a bully to Eastern Europe.