Why can't Russia just win? What's stopping them?

>>507838557 (OP)
They suck.

>>507838557 (OP)
All of NATO basically.

>>507838557 (OP)
>What's stopping them?
Based Trump

they have unlimited funding basically
imagine playing csgo and your enemy spawns with $ 16k every time even when they lose every round

Why was russia competent for the Chechen War but shit for current war?

>>507838759
>russia competent for the Chechen War

>>507838557 (OP)
My theory is that after their original blitzkreig failed to obtain the diplomatic effect they desired, they realized they weren't in a position to quickly win, so they began slow rolling the offensive. The point wasn't to defeat Ukraine, but to defeat NATO. And by all accounts, they've managed to do this.
So it's not just that they've been going slow, but that they decided to go slow in order to slowly bleed NATO. Which isn't to say Russia could have magically gone faster, but they could have, if they wanted to bleed a lot more, and take risks that could have put them in vulnerable positions that NATO could have exploited.
Along the way, drone warfare and other methods have made existing battlefield technologies obsolete. So we're not seeing dramatic movements of the various fronts.
I think the best way of thinking about this is that the war is really in logistics and manufacturing, and Ukraine has been gradually losing that battle. Eventually they'll have to give up. I expect that'll happen within the year, especially with Trump diverting all his attention to Iran.

Russia Did Not Win but Ukraine win by losing 5 oblast, millions of people, homes. Ukraine won.

>>507839055
Ukraine did not get damage but NATO get all damage by magic slav magic. Ukraine WoN. nato is DEFEATED

>>507838557 (OP)
>year 4
You're jumping the gun. It won't be year 4 until next February.

>>507838557 (OP)
They killed a lot of Ukrainians and made 10 million leave the country.
https://ualosses.org/en/soldiers/
They are winning the long, permanent way by severely reducing the demographic potential of Ukraine. This is different from just changing Ukraine's ruling regime like what America did in Iraq or what Israel wants to do in Iran.

>>507839169
The war is partly symbolic. The US setup a proxy war, with the US and all of Europe behind it, funding and arming Ukraine. That is NATO. This effort has been unsuccessful, and Russia is winning the war, however slowly. That's a symbolic win for Russia over NATO.
This is especially true given that Trump no longer cares about NATO. We are now at the stage where Europe now discredits itself by failing to save Ukraine via NATO, after having been led to the slaughter by the US. So NATO will lose twice.

>>507839656
Year 3 ended in February, it is currently the 4th year of special operation

>>507838557 (OP)
nothing. they cant win, or else ukraine will join nato. the have to be at war to prevent nato expanding with article 5 protection.

Intl law. Putin is scared he might break it.

ukrainians
they're doing the zapp brannigan strat (as are the russians)

>>507841090
>Year 3 ended in February
That was when year 3 started.

2022-2025 = 3 years

February 22, 2026 will be the start of the 4th year.

>>507838557 (OP)
You didn't win Ukraine wars, Russia did.
Faggot.

>>507838584
FPBP!
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>>507841780
You mean 22, February 2026 will be the start of the 4th year?

>>507838557 (OP)
you can only win a real war.

>>507838557 (OP)
>Why can't Russia just win? What's stopping them?
Russia has been continuously advancing every single day since January, 2024. Since March of this year the rate of their advance has seen a substantial increase. May had them advancing at a rate not seen since 2022. And now Trump has cut off all further aid to Ukraine to focus on Israel. So expect things to get even worse for them.

>>507841780
February 2022 was the start of the war. In February 2025, the 3rd year of special operation ended, starting the 4th year of special operation. Russia (weak and gay) is currently in the 4th year of special operation unable to subdue it's direct, supposedly much weaker neighbour. In February 2026, year 4 of special operation will end, starting year 5 of special operation.