I think Ukraine’s dreams of ramping up the war are fever dreams and fair or not they are going to have to accept losing territory. BRICS makes any hope of “isolating” Russia impossible. The idea that you are going to bring significant economic problems to bear on a country in an alliance involving three of the ten biggest economies in the world is a failure to read the current situation. The left in America holds zero power and there is almost no support for continued let alone increased military aide for Ukraine on the right in America. If Ukraine wants to increase their firepower they are going to have to do so without the U.S., which I don’t see happening.
One aspect of war often overlooked by distant observers is that casualties continue even when there are no headlines.
I think Ukraine’s dreams of ramping up the war are fever dreams and fair or not they are going to have to accept losing territory. BRICS makes any hope of “isolating” Russia impossible. The idea that you are going to bring significant economic problems to bear on a country in an alliance involving three of the ten biggest economies in the world is a failure to read the current situation. The left in America holds zero power and there is almost no support for continued let alone increased military aide for Ukraine on the right in America. If Ukraine wants to increase their firepower they are going to have to do so without the U.S., which I don’t see happening.