Ukraine's ability to push the Russia's back initially was / still is a big achievement. Having said all that: >At the rate they have been going in 2025, it wo

Ukraine's ability to push the Russia's back initially was / still is a big achievement. Having said all that: >At the rate they have been going in 2025, it would theoretically take the Russians around 100 years and tens of millions of casualties to conquer the rest of Ukraine. I don't think Russia needs / ever intended to take all of Ukraine, and they don't seem to have any serious wavering of public support. If Ukraine can't realistically push Russia out I'm not sure they're "winning" just yet. > it is already clear that Putin has failed to achieve his chief war aim — the destruction of the Ukrainian nation. I think they likely just intended to install a puppet friendly to Russia along with claiming some land as a token prize, that's a goal that can still be accomplished by lots of means sadly. Russia's strategy is mass volume of soldiers and in theory at least, they still have lots of population to draw from.