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Originally Posted by Solecismic
Sadly, there's apparently a 17-mile-long convoy moving toward Kyiv for tonight's attack. And rumors that they've already used that MOAB at least once.
This is starting to feel like a sick game of Tower defense down that road from Belarus. How can Kyiv can hold up much longer? Putin's just going to keep upping the attack - they still have some of the original troops in position ready to go, and more can be sent. Once he decided it was OK to randomly shoot at civilians, how does this stop?
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Russia has approximately 900,000 active personnel and a further two million reservists, compared to Ukraine's 196,000 active troops and 900,000 reservists. If no other country is going to add to Ukraine's fighting capability, the result is inevitable.
The only thing that could stop it is if Putin decides to pull back. Given that the situation can't be any more embarrassing to include if he pulled back, Putin is going to see this all the way through no matter what.
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