> Any small win will matter because they will have more than at the start of the war. But at what price? And getting it is one thing; keeping it quite another.

> Any small win will matter because they will have more than at the start of the war. But at what price? And getting it is one thing; keeping it quite another. Remember both Napoleon and Hitler "got" large parts of Russia, but it also proved to be a huge factor in their eventual downfall. > They stated what their goals are: stop Ucraine from joining NATO and obtaining the independence for Donbass region. Yes, that's what Putin said. He also attacked regions far from the Donbas region and said that Ukraine is not a real country, the implication being of course that it's really just a part of Russia. So colour me skeptical.