• EvergreenGuru@lemmy.world
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    3 hours ago

    The elections in Hungary gave Ukraine a line before their thread snapped, as Hungary’s new government gave them the approval vote for more NATO debt.

    Ukraine’s lost on the ground, but now have unlimited drones to make up for the lack of manpower.

    I doubt Putin’s political red lines have changed. My guess is some sort of armistice that guarantees Ukraine doesn’t join NATO or attempt to obtain nuclear weapons.

    Any effort at lasting peace and keeping the country whole would mean an election, and eastern Ukrainians would have a vote, which would put the Zelenskyy regime out in the cold. (Western Ukrainians don’t like Zelenskyy either, but that’s another story).

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      Ukraine’s lost on the ground, but now have unlimited drones to make up for the lack of manpower.

      They are compensating for a lack of manpower with superior drone capabilities.

      Framing that as “lost on the ground” is some serious mental gymnastics.

      Not only have they not “lost on the ground”, they have now gained the upper hand on the ground.

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        This is serious cope.

        If cheap drones could win the war, then all Russia needs are a fleet of cheap drones to counter this advantage. How can they achieve victory without manpower to hold territory?

        They attack with drones, declare temporary victory until Russia destroys their robots and then they’re back to square one, only more in debt to NATO. Not exactly a plan for victory.