The Russian advance into Chasiv Yar proves that Ukraine is doomed.

https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-chasiv-yar-889d04cd5b88754771dfd51c888c9079# Despite massive NATO assistance, the Ukrainians, with most of their military liquidated by the Russians by this time, are incapable of even holding onto major cities like Chasiv Yar, which is now falling once more under Russian control, for the first time since 1991. The NATO "wonder weapons" aren't, and, in fact, they're scarcely a match, despite their incredible price tags, for Soviet era Russian weapons that are much, much cheaper. NATO itself is falling apart, as nations like Hungary, Turkey and the Slovak Republic chart their own course, and France and Britain are electing governments that are lukewarm at best to continued participation in the alliance, and are unlikely to support any further intervention in Ukraine. This was all highly predictable, of course. Ukraine never beats Russia, they simply haven't the discipline to do it! The Russians learned discipline from the Mongols under 250 years of Mongol servitude, paying tribute, until Ivan the Great drove them away in 1480, once, and for all. It may be that Vladimir Putin does indeed see himself as a modern incarnation of Ivan the Great, with the United States taking the place of the Mongols as the "overlords" who must be driven from pillaging the Russian people. If you're interested, here's a very beautiful series purportedly about Ivan the Great's wife, Sophia, but actually about Ivan the Great, which may give you a feel for the period, if you know a little Russian: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5msAxCCZhPQ It is probably not a coincidence that filming of this series began just six months after the Russian invasion and annexation of Crimea, in 2014, and that Ivan the Great bears a rather striking resemblance to Vladimir Putin in this particular series!