Until a few months ago, western media was blithefully talking about Ukraine winning. Now that the AFU is starting to collapse the panic in western media is brewing. The situation will end with the defeat of the Ukrainian army.

[–] tiredturtle@lemmy.ml -1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

It's weird it's taking so long huh

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

What's weird about it?

[–] tiredturtle@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

That nobody is ending it

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Russia is very much ending it, hence all the panic over Ukrainian army collapse that's unfolding in western media right now.

[–] tiredturtle@lemmy.ml 1 points 26 minutes ago* (last edited 25 minutes ago) (1 children)

Why only now, what's the benefit of keeping it on before

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 1 points 13 minutes ago

Because it's a war of attrition and it took a long time for the AFU to reach the point of collapse. Russia didn't do big arrow offensives because those would've been very costly in terms of equipment and manpower as Ukraine found out during its fabled offensive. Instead, Russia chose to use its massive artillery advantage to grind out the AFU instead, and now we're seeing the results of that approach. Here's an analysis from an actual expert if you're interested

https://rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/commentary/attritional-art-war-lessons-russian-war-ukraine

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