Comments by "William Morris" (@williammorris584) on "Ukraine captures over 100 prisoners of war, shoots down Russian fighter jet | Ukraine: The Latest" video.

  1. Why relieved? Ukraine is (in an operational sense) striking into air in Kursk region with its reserves, suffering the higher losses incumbent on the attacker, while the Russians continue to advance along several avenues of advance into central Ukraine. Russian forces in the Kursk region are assembling and yesterday began counterattacking the eastern face of the new front. Also remember that Russian missile and aviation strikes inside Ukraine continue to be more numerous and with heavier ordnance than those made by Ukraine against Russia. Ukrainian energy officials state that their electricity production has declined from 55Gw to “less than 20Gw” and call the situation a “catastrophic shortage”. Ukraine has gone from being a major energy exporter to a heavy buyer of electricity, and rolling blackouts are widespread. Ukrainian officials are warning their people that the coming winter will be cold and dark. Ukraine’s demographic problems are more and more pressing with respect to obtaining military personnel. Their demographic pyramid is one of the few in the world that is worse than Russia’s, and it is one-third as large. There is no serious analyst who sees a scenario in which Ukraine can recover its lost territory using only their own forces. The greatest need is for something the West cannot provide - more Ukrainians. The Ukrainian attack in Kursk is a bargaining position for eventual negotiations. They have shown themselves unable to make headway against established Russian forces.
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