> Every day, there are stories about how worthless the Russian military are, how hopeless their war is, how they're losing and Putin's in trouble, desperate, an

> Every day, there are stories about how worthless the Russian military are, how hopeless their war is, how they're losing and Putin's in trouble, desperate, and idiotic. This is highly relative of where you live. In some places, Russia is winning (on the TV) and is on the cusp of taking over Kiev any minute now. > And maybe that's all true, I dunno. It's actually pretty hard to tell how the war is actually going for any side, given all the propaganda. I think it's fair to say, given that Putin retreated from Ukraine's North, that the war is not going in his favor. > But, Russia seems to be doing a lot of damage and holding at least some territory despite basically the entire world (except for Russia's apparent allies in this new Non-Western Axis, mostly China and Iran) providing historic amounts of military might. Sure, no troops (yet), but lots and lots of firepower. Russia is the world's, supposed, second military. Also, only a handful of countries are helping Ukraine. Most countries are watching on the sidelines.