The end of Ukraine -- being subsumed by Russia -- was never likely. Not a probable outcome at any point in this war. They've given a good account of themselves. And there's gonna be a Ukraine and a Russia after the peace. I think they've furthered their nationalist project. At great human cost. That's what I think they think they're fighting for.
Unfortunately, that is what they are fighting for, along with the flooding of their lands with third world immgirants, whether they know it or not.
The end of Ukraine -- being subsumed by Russia -- was never likely. Not a probable outcome at any point in this war. They've given a good account of themselves. And there's gonna be a Ukraine and a Russia after the peace. I think they've furthered their nationalist project. At great human cost. That's what I think they think they're fighting for.