The Russia-Ukraine War

 The Russia-Ukraine War

As five months of this active war has been completed, there is something people need to understand. Bombs and long distance rocket launchers do not win wars. America destroyed much of Northern Korea as it killed 20% of its population via bombing during the Korean War. America also dropped more bombs in Vietnam during the Vietnam Conflict than all the bombs dropped in World War 2.

Yet in the Korean War, America achieved only a stalemate against a relatively weak North Korean and Red Chinese military. In Vietnam, America conquered no territory despite killing 2-3 million Vietnamese.

Russia has already occupied over 230,000 square miles. This is testament to the fact that only ground forces can win wars. In the last five months, so much "grinding" has taken place. Yet in the Donbas, Russia has a nearly a 20-1 ratio in short range artillery pieces. Any military equipment that the Western Powers send to Ukraine will not help Ukraine for long.

In the occupied territories of Ukraine by Russia, the people there mainly do not want to be "governed" by the Ukraine administration in Kiev. That is the primary reason why Russia has occupied so much territory despite using poorly trained conscripts. 

The longer the Western Powers and Ukraine try to prolong the war, the more territory Russia will feel the need to capture, especially if people living in that territory are Russian-speaking. The more advanced weaponry the Western powers send to Ukraine, the more territory Russia will feel the need to capture in order to seize those weapons. 

Ukraine's President V. Zelensky has cited that Ukraine will repel Russia by winter. He is flat out wrong because if the war is not over at the start of winter, millions of Ukrainians will suffer from exposure and hunger. Moreover, Russians will be much better fortified in the occupied territories by then as they would have had more time to receive reinforcements.