guaranteed there is so much support for Ukraine, none of them got there the ground zero because if they do show there, Putin will send his weapons of mass destruction to shoot a single outsider's vehicle. it will sound overkill but they can justify this because he had sent warnings already live on TV. while they are not yet doing that, NATO countries will have to be careful not to provoke them from doing it.
i'm not sure if he can get west but he did get the eastern part of Ukraine.
putin is a crazy bunker grandfather, sick with oncology and schizophrenia.
the level of insanity and propaganda just rolls over in russia.
But Ukraine is fighting for its future, for its freedom.
But what is russia fighting for? economically and politically, this war is lost, for russia it makes no sense.
Is this a rhetorical question? I thought anyone with half a brain knows it by now what Russia is fighting for.
Russia is fighting to annex territories lost during the breakup of the Soviet Union, which Russians always considered synonymous with Russia.
Russia wants to pacify Ukraine and make it Russian. This means the liquidation of Ukrainians.
If they get Ukraine, they will rebuild the military and go after the rest of the former USSR republics and Warsaw pact countries.
Do you think Putin is afraid of NATO? Think again. He is not afraid of anyone. He is a madman, in case you have not noticed.
The recent change of stance by Germany and France tells is all. Europe is only united on paper. Talk is cheap. You cannot stop artillery and tanks with bodies.
What do you think Hungary's or France's response will be when Putin annexes Estonia and Lithuania? Same as they are proposing now.
"Just give him what he wants and let's go back to business as usual".
"We will send our troops as soon as we get a gas replacement, blah, blah. We cannot right now, but we will send 5 tanks and 3 trucks with humanitarian aid." LOL.
NATO is toothless, scared, and does not want to fight and Putin knows it.
The only thing that can save Ukraine now is UK/US weapons, but those are not flowing fast enough.
Ukraine needs long-range weapons so that it can neutralize Crimean/Donbas bases, and supply lines. Without them, I think Russia will be able to cut off Ukraine from the Black Sea, regroup and organize another attack on the capital.
This war is far from over, and Russia will not stop unless it is completely neutralized.
Hitler had an economic incentive to conquer Europe.
with a hostile Ukrainian population, putin has no chance, probably the most absurd war unleashed by a schizophrenic based on his illness.
The occupied territories are cleared from a hostile population. Currently, there are mass killings of men in the occupied territories and forced
expulsions of old, women, and children. Only Ukrainians loyal to Russia are allowed to live. This of course will change once the annexation
is complete and Russification (ethnic replacement) will commence.
The annexed territories have strategic military importance to Russia to continue its expansion westwards to reclaim
the territories once controlled by the Soviet Union.
French, Hungarians, and Germans do not know what "Russkiy Mir" means but if they don't change their stance, they will learn the hard way.
The only way for Ukrainians to survive as a nation is to have long-range weapons, and air defense systems provided to them in large quantities by their partners: UK/US/Poland, etc. A complete trade embargo on Russia and all countries that trade with Russia
would be effective, but Europe is not willing to do that.