(#6020) Russia's summer offensive has been a mirage

      Last winter, all the hype from Russia was about their upcoming summer offensive that has not really been evidenced. The bluster from putin and his acolytes was this big offensive that would drive Ukraine further back into the core of their nation. What we have seen instead is a concerted effort by Ukraine to defend its territory while undermining the logistics of Russia so much so that Russia cannot find a gap to march through in the Ukrainian front lines. As well the depletion of armaments that Russia is experiencing has made any march through Ukrainian lines near impossible. With few Russian tanks and troop carriers left to employ, Russia has had to use vehicular equipment that are either outdated or for civilian travel.
     Along with the armaments depletion, Russia cannot figure out how to combat the drones that Ukraine employs to destroy their every advance. With Ukraine now steadily attacking deep into Russian territory and destroying war equipment making factories, rear command centers, sensitive complex technology complexes, and fuel supply storages and manufacturing, Russia is in a deep hurt just to maintain their current status quo. Russia has lost well over 1 million troops so far and daily is losing a thousand or more. Through sanctions, Russia's economy is also continuing to constrict. I keep expecting the Russian people to break out of their slumber and demand a halt to all this madness putin is putting them through.
     Slowly but surely the countries bordering the Russian state are starting to pull back from Russian influence because they see the way Ukraine and its allies are not allowing Russia to dominate them like in the past. Russia wasted its military stockpiles over the last 3 years trying to bull rush Ukraine and was stopped. Now Russia has dwindled armaments and no real way to resupply them. The end of this madness in Ukraine is starting to shift from being solely a burden on Ukraine and its allies to now being a fear of Russia. As it should be on the aggressor who thought they could destroy another nation because their leader putin was full of himself!