Comments by "Paul Aiello" (@paul1979uk2000) on "Has Russia's Invasion of Ukraine Stalled? - TLDR News" video.

  1. Also, it makes it much harder to maintain the lie that this is a special military operation to the Russian people if so many Russian troops are coming back in body bags, especially considering that it was sold to the Russian people that the troops would be welcome in Ukraine. Time isn't on Putin side, from the sanctions biting into the economy, to Ukraine getting better armed and trained by the west, it's all looking like Russia is going to get bogged down in Ukraine and end up losing a massive humiliating defeat if they are not careful. Also, the west is taking note of Russia's capability in Ukraine and Russia is showing a lot of weaknesses, a lot more than most of us expected, many expected it would only take a few weeks for Russia to take all of Ukraine, they are nowhere near that and it's very likely it would be a much tougher battle for Russia in the west part of Ukraine being closer to west, that's likely where the better military equipment is, better trained troops and so on, if they are having these problems on the east, god forbid how bad it will be for them if they try to take the west of Ukraine.
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  2.  @kddatrapmane  Depends how we see it, if the EU and US continue to keep arming Ukraine, they can cause a lot of damage to the Russian military and make it really costly for them, it's unlikely that Russia can afford a bogged down war with the tough sanctions on them, I suspect the hope is that it does so much damage to the Russian military that they have no choice but to leave or the Russian people turn against Putin as more Russian troops return to Russia in a body bag, especially considering in Russia they seem to think this is some kind of peaceful operation, good luck to Putin explaining all those body bags to the relatives and friends of those troops in Russia, maybe that could be enough to get the Russian people to think that something is wrong here.
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  3.  @pyotrberia9741  They could but Putin has put himself into a corner on this, he's seen as a hard man here, it won't look go for him to back down here unless the west gives him something which seems unlikely now. Either way, Russia had a chance of being on really friendly terms with Ukraine before this, now they've got little to no chance on that, Ukraine is very likely going full steam ahead into the west and the EU will very likely help them on that. There's another factor we should understand, the sanctions on Russia might not go away even if Putin withdraws from Ukraine, he's clearly shown to be a threat, not just in Ukraine but with all the meddling in the west over the last decade, why should the west go easy on Russia unless the Russian people depose Putin from power? Also another factor, Russia has lost a lot of trust here, whatever happens in Ukraine, Russia is going to find it hard to get investment in the country and the EU countries are going to go full steam ahead to alternative sources of energy away from Russia no matter what Putin does. In the end, the west idea is simply, supple Ukraine with arms, train them and make the war in Ukraine as bloody and costly for the Russian troops as possible whiles at the same time hitting the Russian economy hard with sanctions, the idea is simply, to bankrupt Russia and make them less of a threat overall. So my point is, it doesn't matter what Putin does now, he overplayed is hand and the west is likely going to be tough on Russia until the Russian people wake up and get rid of Putin.
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  4.  @pyotrberia9741  It's not really about weakening China but getting them to change and be less hostile around the world, that was true for Russia as well but Putin crossed the line with invading Ukraine and because of that the west will go out of it's way to weaken the Russian economy as that makes them less of a threat. Maybe because of everything going on with Russia and Ukraine, the west and China could hit the reset button and restart relations on a better footing but China will likely have to make the first move on that one, especially when it comes to Taiwan. Either way, I think the rich countries need to re-evaluate who they do business with, a lot of the wealth of these countries like Russia, China and many others is because of the rich open countries, we shouldn't be funding these clowns, there are many other countries that would love to take our business. Isolating Russia could push them in China's harms, but I doubt the west cares about that, in the end, I doubt the Russian government or people would want to be a vassal of China but that might be the wake-up call they need. As for China, they are a bigger problem than Russia but again, they depend on a lot of trade and tech from the rich countries, there are a lot of other countries that would love to take that labour away from China, basically, rich countries have choices on China whereas China is very limited in what it can do, either way, it's high time rich open countries need to stop funding these dictators.
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  5. As long as western countries keep supplying arms, training the Ukrainian people, they can make this a really costly war for Russia and as we know, Russia can't afford for this to drag on, they expected to have taken all of Ukraine in a matter of weaks but they are nowhere near that and I suspect it will be a lot tougher for Russia in the western part of Ukraine than the east.
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