"All of Vlad's forces and all of Vlad's men, are out to put Humpty together again." (6 Viewers)

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Not sure how Georgia would be able to solve it's territorial dispute with Russia, unless they expel the occupiers.

Which right now would be the best time to do so.
 
The history of China is complex, but *technically* speaking, the Republic of China (formerly known as Nationalist China, est. 1912) held mainland China until the Communists took control postwar and the government retreated to Taiwan.
If China (CCP) is adamant about "one China", then they need to turn the reigns over to the original government...
 
Not posted here in a while. Comment on the ground war.

I argued way back at the end of April that Russia was replicating WW1 style 'bit and hold' tactics - and I think that's played out as somewhat accurate since then.
Russian M.O. in and around Donestk has been to build crushing local artillery superiority (reportedly anywhere from a 10:1 to 15:1 advantage), pound a section of the line of defense until they either withdraw or have their effectiveness reduced, and then send in the infantry with armoured support to secure small gains. Then rinse and repeat.

It's slow, painful and bloody work on both sides - but it seems that for Russia it's more palatable than having armoured columns charging about and being chewed up by ATGMs when they advance and artillery when they pause for resupply.

Ukrainian losses have also risen as a result. With the country able to do little more than stubbornly make the invaders pay for the ground they take (there aren't enough operational reserves for anything other than local counter-attacks), it's forced to undertake a mostly static defense.

My question now is - who is going to buckle first? Russia is spending huge amounts of materiel and a considerable number of lives to maintain these incremental advances. Ukraine is stoically defending and has plenty of manpower, but the majority of its reinforcements amount to little more than light infantry and even Western support can't totally redress the imbalance (at least for the moment).
 
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