In what ways are they losing the war? Because they lost a couple of % of territory they held that were lightly defended? Because they lost a couple of "cities" I have never heard of before this war?
It seems to me we are in the middle of a long stalemate. It also seems to me that the Russians are trying to drag things to winter months to gather themselves a little bit before they can make their next move. The new conscripts will give them more operational flexibility in how many people they can bring to the front line.
The Ukrainians have made a massive push because they had to do it. It's unclear to most of us who many people they lost and how much ammos they have left now. Remember that in 1918, the Germans made 1 major last push into France and eventually grinded down and lost the war. When you throw a bunch of men and equipment in the battlefield, you are suppose to gain territories. The question is how much losses you are taking and what is your combat capability now? There are a lot of reports out about how much human losses Ukraine has suffered in the south in this campaign. Ukraine cannot keep this level of offensive up for long period of time. So, what happens after that?
It truly disappoints me to see the hyperventilation on this forum on something like this. There are areas that the Russians have horrendously under-performed even my already low expectations. But we are a long way away from getting close to a settlement.
