Odd how Russia has been gaining territory over the last few weeks despite all the faults enumerated here. Turns out - surprise, surprise - that using mobniks to soak up Ukrainian ammunition works pretty well when the pro-fascist US Republican Party ensures all US aid to Ukraine is blocked, giving Russia a 10:1 advantage in artillery fires. Turns out EU speech-making doesn't compensate for totally inadequate contributions of weapons systems & munitions. Turns out journalistic babble about F-16s wasn't a reliable indicator of anything, especially as they're now more than two years too late and still show zero chance of appearing in Ukraine anytime. So, the lesson here is that even a weak, corrupt, and disorganized force can triumph when the West sits on its flabby backside and does nothing except squabble internally.