[GK3]

The biggest challenge is how many lives would it take now to take back the HEAVILY MINED Donbas / Donetsk / Luhansk?  
Another year of fighting and 400,000 casualties will not win back territory.  Drone attacks are ingenious and damage Russia, but they don't win back territory.

Harsh realities have set in

“Right,” Graham replied. “Well, here’s the reality — Ukraine cannot evict every Russian soldier that occupies Ukrainian territory. They fought like tigers. They kept Russian advances to the minimum. Zelensky has been a good wartime leader, but the credit does go to the Ukrainian people through their military who are outgunned and outmanned, and the only reason they’re able to stay in this fight because of American weapons. People forget that it was Trump who gave Javelins to the Ukrainian military before he left office and that allowed them to stop Russia from taking Kyiv. And these weapons being provided by the United States gives a qualitative edge to Ukraine to stay in the fight. How does this end? There’s going to be compromise. Ukraine’s going to have to recognize that there will be parts of Ukraine under Russian control. That doesn’t mean transferring title to Russia, but East Germany and West Germany existed for a long time until reunification.”

https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/08/...n-control/

West Germany and East Germany came into existence due to the politics of WWII.  There is no comparison to the centuries long relationship of Russia and Ukraine which dates back more than 1,000 years to what was known as Kyivan Rus.  There are both periods of joint development and periods where Ukraine and Russia developed separately.  One could easily earn a doctorate on this subject, it is an old and very complex relationship.  None of that as far as I am concerned gives Putin any legal basis for his attack.

[GK3]

The biggest challenge is how many lives would it take now to take back the HEAVILY MINED Donbas / Donetsk / Luhansk?  
Another year of fighting and 400,000 casualties will not win back territory.  Drone attacks are ingenious and damage Russia, but they don't win back territory.

Harsh realities have set in

“Right,” Graham replied. “Well, here’s the reality — Ukraine cannot evict every Russian soldier that occupies Ukrainian territory. They fought like tigers. They kept Russian advances to the minimum. Zelensky has been a good wartime leader, but the credit does go to the Ukrainian people through their military who are outgunned and outmanned, and the only reason they’re able to stay in this fight because of American weapons. People forget that it was Trump who gave Javelins to the Ukrainian military before he left office and that allowed them to stop Russia from taking Kyiv. And these weapons being provided by the United States gives a qualitative edge to Ukraine to stay in the fight. How does this end? There’s going to be compromise. Ukraine’s going to have to recognize that there will be parts of Ukraine under Russian control. That doesn’t mean transferring title to Russia, but East Germany and West Germany existed for a long time until reunification.”

https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2025/08/...n-control/

West Germany and East Germany came into existence due to the politics of WWII.  There is no comparison to the centuries long relationship of Russia and Ukraine which dates back more than 1,000 years to what was known as Kyivan Rus.  There are both periods of joint development and periods where Ukraine and Russia developed separately.  One could easily earn a doctorate on this subject, it is an old and very complex relationship.  None of that as far as I am concerned gives Putin any legal basis for his attack.