Russia and Ukraine

[Pat Mustard]

The idea that Russia's "military might" is a fearsome juggernaut rather than a paper tiger is belied by the fact that they're buying rockets and artillery from DPRK, of all suppliers.

They may still win this war. They may still lose this war. Bear in mind that World War I was stalemated until it wasn't, and that once the Eastern Front broke open not only did the Russian army collapse, the Russians sued for peace, and the Tsar's government was
overthrown and then eliminated. All of that was unforeseeable as late as February 1917.

By every metric that matters, Russia has already lost this war. Massive loss of life and equipment, shit morale, a laughing stock on the world stage, and (most importantly) failure to achieve any of the stated objectives.

Russia could take the whole country, install a puppet government in Kyiv, and they will STILL have lost the war. At this point, all they can do is win battles.

Boru

Probably the most damaging consequence of this war is that foreign orders for Ruzzian military kit have shrivelled up and disappeared since the start of it. By showing how badly their "modern" stuff performs in actual battles, Ruzzia has proven that their kit is useless to all but the poorest nations who'd only ever use the stuff on unarmed civilians, and they're not going to pay the prices Ruzzia needs to fund their corruption, I mean military, projects.