Whilst we all desperately want it to be true, the Aussie doing an AMA on Reddit atm (confirmed by mods as 18 month service in AFU) is pretty unequivocal that as of now, Ukraine certainly aren’t ‘winning’ - he has lost countless friends so far with Mines responsible for the majority and is clear that losses are much closer to 1:1 than publicly stated, mentions the rumoured stat of 40:1 Russian artillery to Ukrainians and says they feel it on the ground, says that his unit has received none of the donated NATO items, says corruption is endemic with no accountability - they are left without food and they are not paid what they’re owed, what little they get paid goes on food and water. His units drones, thermal images and night vision are personally sourced and funded….
Perhaps most importantly he says that it is going to be a very long and protracted grind and Ukraine needs far, far more than NATO are providing in order to ‘win’ if there can ever be a winner amidst such devastation.
