The media won’t give me great answers to this question and I think this I trust this community more, thus I want to know from you. Also, I have heard reports that Russia was winning the war, if that’s true, did the west miscalculate the situation by allowing diplomacy to take a backseat and allowing Ukraine to a large plethora of military resources?

PS: I realize there are many casualties on both sides and I am not trying to downplay the suffering, but I am curious as to how it is going for Ukraine. Right now I am hearing ever louder calls of Russia winning, those have existed forever, but they seem to have grown louder now, so I was wondering what you thought about it. Also, I am somewhat concerned of allowing a dictatorship to just erase at it’s convenience a free and democratic country.

  • ksynwa@lemmy.mlEnglish
    1542·
    1 year ago

    The invading Russian forces have basically failed their first goal; to fully take over Ukraine.

    Has Russia ever stated that this was their goal?

    • AndrasKrigare@beehaw.org
      6·
      1 year ago

      Considering Russia denied their intent to invade as they were conducting it, I don’t know that their statements should be considered truth regarding their plans and goals. But here’s Westpoint’s take on the matter:

      Initially, the Russian regime may have regarded its invasion of Ukraine as a “regional conflict” with “important” military-political goals, and its classification as a “special military operation” may have been genuine. Indeed, it seems that the Kremlin’s ambitious political objective was to install a new, pro-Russian government in Kyiv by lightning action.

      https://mwi.westpoint.edu/what-is-russias-theory-of-victory-in-ukraine.

      • ksynwa@lemmy.mlEnglish
        23·
        1 year ago

        You are unironically sharing a quote riddled with "may"s and "seem"s from United States Military Academy

        • AndrasKrigare@beehaw.org
          11·
          1 year ago

          And you are making a statement that seems to suggest absolute knowledge of a country’s intentions are possible with a leader with a lack of credibility and long history of lying on the world stage.

          Gee, this is fun. Or were you making some point? Were you expecting some report about their magic mind-reading device?

          • ksynwa@lemmy.mlEnglish
            2·
            1 year ago

            Were you expecting some report about their magic mind-reading device?

            But this is what you have been doing all along. Nothing in reality suggests that total annexation of Ukraine was the goal. Not the words of anyone nor the manner in which Russia has executed the invasion yet here you are somehow reading minds to conjure grand motives and subjecting me to smug Reddittor-speak for the crime of asking you to back your frivolous claims. “Gee, this is fun.” Jesus Christ.

            • AndrasKrigare@beehaw.org
              01·
              1 year ago

              Nothing in reality suggests that total annexation of Ukraine was the goal

              Wait, I’m confused, were you looking for “is” or “suggests?” Because I sent you an article all about “suggests.” And, follow-up question, did you think ‘You are unironically sharing a quote riddled with "may"s and "seem"s from United States Military Academy’ is not smug and was a genuinely civil question?

              Since it seems you might not be great at this whole “communicating” thing, I’ll be explicit: Yes, those questions were rhetorical. No, you’ve given me nothing to suggest I should care what your response is.