There is legitimate debate on the long tern lead up to this war, but once invaded Ukraine had to resist. Otherwise they would just be reabsorbed into the Soviet...I mean Russian sphere. Russia attempted a quick victory by focusing on Kiev. I assumed Russia would flatten them, but the Ukrainians have put up quite the fight. In western Ukraine they managed to harass and drive out the Russians.
After a very poor start and considerable losses, the Russians started to win in eastern Ukraine, bashing the Ukrainian forces with long range conventional artillery (something the Russians are good at). It looked like momentum was swinging to the Russians.
Looks like
Ukraine will get Harpoon missiles from NATO (well actually the US).
Will these new weapons systems help? Certainly. Will it be enought for the Ukranians to have a real counter offensive? Maybe not. At this point, stalemate seems where this conflict is going (with Russia occupying eastern areas that are mostly ethnic Russian anyway). Hopefully it then can be negotiated and resolved.
Of course, Russia reacts as Russians are historically apt to do:
Target civilians. It is part of the strategy. We will see how this escallates things.
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