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... fake video on Telegram claiming that the main war aim of authorities in Kyiv was “to fight to the last Ukrainian.” Sorry, maybe I'm a victim of Kremlin pro

• tim333 3y ago
  No. There are other ways it could play out. In an ideal world Russia could admit defeat and go home. More realistically it looks like a bit of a stalemate and they may have a N Korea like ceasefire. Or Trump will get in, give the occupied lands to Russia and a similar cease fire. US estimates of Ukrainian deaths so far are ~80k, or 0.2% of the population so we are a long way off the last Ukrainian. Also the recent Ukrainian strategy of taking out Russia's oil refineries seems quite promising. Eventually Russia may get fed up and do something else https://uk.investing.com/news/economy/factboxrussian-oil-facilities-hit-by-drone-attacks-fires-3339592 https://uk.investing.com/news/economy/factboxrussian-oil-fac... I'm reminded a bit of the fighting between Britain and the IRA. For a long time the IRA said we want this and that and killed people and it didn't achieve much as the Brits said we won't give into terrorism. Then the IRA switched tack and blew out the windows in London's financial district which didn't kill people but was massively expensive and led on to the peace process. It's probably easier to figure a deal when it's about money rather than killing each other.