> Ukraine will fail eventually unless they can effectively force-multiply like we've never seen in any other armed conflict. If I look at other conflicts, espe

> Ukraine will fail eventually unless they can effectively force-multiply like we've never seen in any other armed conflict. If I look at other conflicts, especially in the middle east, population numbers aren't everything. Occupying a territory cost money and people the longer it last unless the occupation is willing to commit genocide and eradicate everyone who lives there. Ukraine is also a very large country, and even with the goal of lebensraum, it will take time for Russia to move Russians settlers over there so that they don't need to spread their military to uphold control over all the land. Ukraine on the other hand can focus their military on the conflict border without needing to keep troops behind to prevent insurgence.