Moscow has overcome Western economic sanctions and honed a bigger and more effective military through 18 months of combat

The U.S. embassy in Prague furthered the suppression of the historical context of the Ukraine conflict, which has dangerously trapped Americans in ignorance about the war, reports Joe Lauria.

Victory may be in sight for Vladimir Putin

When the Ukrainian Army put up massive resistance against initial limited Russian military drives at the beginning of the current war in February 2022, ordinary Ukrainian soldiers fought passionately and bravely in a war that was completely avoidable and unnecessary and inflicted casualties and major delays on Russian forces, which themselves were operating cautiously to minimize their own casualties and at first very clearly to limit civilian casualties Thus, the numbers of killed and injured were in the first months of the conflict only 10% to 12% of what they are now.

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Unionists and the IRA rejected a deal that they both eventually came around to supporting 25 years later.

Wherein we show once again that Ukraine is frickin’ doomed…

Even during the period of wild optimism in the United States during 2022 and early 2023 about Ukraine’s chances of defeating Russian forces, there was a small, dark cloud of doubt about what the Joe Biden administration would do if the prospects of victory unraveled. That question has now become more pertinent and urgent as Kiev’s vaunted offensive clearly is faltering. Territorial gains in Russian-occupied regions are minimal, and they have occurred only with great cost in the lives of Ukrainian troops. For Ukraine’s forces, the war has become a meat grinder reminiscent of the fighting in World War I. Attacks on entrenched Russian defenses have proven to be horrifically costly in terms of both personnel and military hardware.

The U.S. has prevented earnest negotiations and prolonged the war in Ukraine.

After enthusiastically selling the war since its inception, the mainstream media in Europe may be beginning to change its tune.