Despite American doubts, Ukrainians say that defending places with little strategic value is worth the cost in casualties and weapons, because the attacking Russians pay an even higher price.
Symbolism for the Ukrainians, strategy for the West.
Every western military analyst has been saying Ukraine is a good investment for the west. This means, Ukrainians get to kill Russians with our equipment and Ukrainians die instead of NATO members.
It’s pretty scummy all around, but that’s how the world operates. Maybe we should stop supporting shitty world leaders? Nahhhhhhhhhhhh.
It’s not really clear this is actually working out the way western analysts expected in this regard either. We’re now increasingly seeing admissions in mainstream western media that Russian army is becoming stronger as opposed to weaker. Russian military now has two years of large scale warfare experience that no western military has. It has ironed out logistics, communication, and built up a vast military industrial complex. Russian economy didn’t collapse as was expected, and now there’s a whole alternative economic bloc forming around BRICS. All of that is directly at odds with western interests. Europe in particular is now seeing massive reduction in the standard of living, and it’s likely to get worse as more resources will be diverted towards military spending.
Symbolism and strategy.
Symbolism for the Ukrainians, strategy for the West.
Every western military analyst has been saying Ukraine is a good investment for the west. This means, Ukrainians get to kill Russians with our equipment and Ukrainians die instead of NATO members.
It’s pretty scummy all around, but that’s how the world operates. Maybe we should stop supporting shitty world leaders? Nahhhhhhhhhhhh.
It’s not really clear this is actually working out the way western analysts expected in this regard either. We’re now increasingly seeing admissions in mainstream western media that Russian army is becoming stronger as opposed to weaker. Russian military now has two years of large scale warfare experience that no western military has. It has ironed out logistics, communication, and built up a vast military industrial complex. Russian economy didn’t collapse as was expected, and now there’s a whole alternative economic bloc forming around BRICS. All of that is directly at odds with western interests. Europe in particular is now seeing massive reduction in the standard of living, and it’s likely to get worse as more resources will be diverted towards military spending.