"...yet russian gains are modest..."
Because there's no offensive.
According to AFU, Russia is still planning it's offensive for May-June.
"...and this war does suit the defender..."
So I guess that means Ukraine will never be able to achieve their 1991 borders? They will need to stage a massive offensive operation in order to be able to achieve that. They've tried that last year and failed miserably.
"...but consider it wishful thinking on your part to imagine a general Ukrainian defensive collapse is a given ....or even likely ...."
I remember how you claimed that Avdiivka won't be collapsing for months. Yet it collapsed entirely within two weeks of you making that statement.
I guess Ukrainian defensive lines have two weeks left?
"...the result of this war will depend on the level of support provided by the west ..."
It's strange how a future of a sovereign and independent state is entirely dependant on "the west"...
"...and the clock is ticking on that too..."
There are many clocks ticking in multiple places, tangs. Border issues in US, farmer protests all over EU. There's Israel, Syria, Iran, Iraq, Sahel, Taiwan.. Tick-tock-tick-tock. And it's not any one single clock that you need to be worried about. It's the combination of all of them.
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