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According to the report, contrary to the Kremlin's narrative that the Russian army is relentlessly advancing on the front and will capture Kyiv and Lviv any day now, even Ukraine skeptics like Donald Trump have realized, as the war enters its fourth year, that Ukraine is now more likely to emerge victorious. Israeli historian and publicist Yuval Noah Harari writes about this in the Financial Times. He recalls that the clear goal of the all-out Russian invasion in February 2022 was the complete subjugation of Ukraine and the elimination of its state sovereignty. However, today, Russia controls less Ukrainian territory than it did in August 2022 and has yet to capture a single strategically important city, such as Kharkiv or Kyiv.
The report also said that Harari compares Russia's insane losses with minimal territorial gains to the successes of armies in World War I and draws an analogy with the American invasion of Iraq in 2003. It's as if, more than three years after the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the US had only managed to capture 20 percent of the country, suffering 1 million casualties. Would anyone consider that an American victory? the author of the article asks rhetorically. Harari notes that Russia is unable to achieve a decisive turnaround not only on land. At sea, Ukrainian drones and missiles have driven Russian ships into the most remote accessible bay, and in the air, Russian aircraft are afraid to fly even close to the front line.
Who would like to die on the battlefield when their president is sitting prettily in his bunker? What a huge mistake if they forward to the frontline where the Ukrainian troops are waiting to kill them all.
The report also said that Harari compares Russia's insane losses with minimal territorial gains to the successes of armies in World War I and draws an analogy with the American invasion of Iraq in 2003. It's as if, more than three years after the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the US had only managed to capture 20 percent of the country, suffering 1 million casualties. Would anyone consider that an American victory? the author of the article asks rhetorically. Harari notes that Russia is unable to achieve a decisive turnaround not only on land. At sea, Ukrainian drones and missiles have driven Russian ships into the most remote accessible bay, and in the air, Russian aircraft are afraid to fly even close to the front line.
Who would like to die on the battlefield when their president is sitting prettily in his bunker? What a huge mistake if they forward to the frontline where the Ukrainian troops are waiting to kill them all.