Official losses of the "Donetsk People's Republic", each first line are military, each second - civilians. As you can see it is bloody - direct result of trying to break through the most fortified region in Ukraine (Kiev had 8 years to build fortifications) + trying to take Mariupol. Last numbers - total since the start of civil war:
You know very well it does not work like that, even though technially it's possible. Genie is out of the bottle, everything is viewed through that prism.
I'd love for all wars to stop. Just wishing for it isn't going to make it true.
Zelensky could also surrender tomorrow and Putin would have no reason to keep fighting, if we're talking about "one-man decision" hypotheticals.
Biden could also say "NATO withdraws" as Russia asked and war wouldn't happen.
Scholtz could either put "No Ukraine in NATO" in writing or pressure Zelensky to implement Minsk; this didn't happen either.
Zelensky himself could implement Minsk, even with danger from radicals and resistance in Rada; didn't happen.
Lots of things that could happen that would either prevent or stop this war didn't.
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Putin is now claiming the west/rest of the world wants to "cancel" Russia the same way they cancelled JK Rowling because she, like Russia, is "gender critical".
all bigots are the same, regardless of what country they come from. and it really should give pause to the likes of Rowling and her fans, but I'm doubtful. for some reason.
Let's go one step further with this logic. Why should an innocent defender surrender, when they're doing so well? Have you see those Russian casualty numbers? The MOD just said they've lost 194,000,000 troops and 54 bazillion tanks. I can't post it here, it'd probably be blocked if I did and you wouldn't be able to see it, but that's what they said. I just watched the briefing.
Oh shit, right. Um.../s was it?