[wiseowise]

> This weaker neighbor is aided and funded by a block of countries with a total population of 1b, 6 times that of Russia.

'Aided and funded' literally a fractional percent of their economies over five years.

> The same block is doing all it can to crash the Russian economy

I severely doubt about "all it can" part.

> Nevertheless, this union of a weak neighbor + 1b block is steadily loosing land.

Less than percent a year since 2023. This is a shockingly bad performance for a country to that considered themselves rival to China/Europe/US.

As to "+ 1b block" it's like that joke goes: "Russia v NATO war. Russian status: 1 mil casualties. NATO status: hasn't arrived yet."

[lnsru]

Don’t feed the troll.

[sedan_baklazhan]

An easy way to dismiss an opinion you do not like. Why exactly are you calling me a troll?

[fractallyte]

Because your first comment is inflammatory, and wrong.

Ukraine is far from being a "weaker neighbor" – it's proven to have more of a backbone than all of NATO.

And that "loosing land" part which seems so compelling: those are strategic withdrawals, forcing russians to haemorrhage men and equipment for Pyrrhic advances. Right now, those advances are being reversed: AFU is making significant gains around Zaporizhzhia, and massing troops near Kharkiv for possibly another major offensive.

[sedan_baklazhan]

1. Ukraine is merely a manforce provider. NATO does everything else. 2. Loosing land is pure math. About 500 sq.km per month, often more. Ukrainian advances remain to be an illusion.

[wiseowise]

> Ukraine is merely a manforce provider. NATO does everything else.

So Soviet “heroes” were just a manforce and USSR was a manforce provider for lend lease, right?