Russia’s invasion was conducted with peacetime military forces. Should Russia declare that it is at war, it would then be able to mobilize its population and dedicate more resources to besting Ukraine.
The idea is seductive, but it is almost certainly too simple.
This terrible war, where tens of thousands were killed and millions displaced, has never been acknowledged as such by Russia. To the outsider, this is a joke.
Even without that mobilization, there is good cause to wonder just how strong the Ukrainian military actually is at this stage. While we’ve been continually bombarded with information of Russian casualties, particularly of their generals and commanders, perilously little discussion has been had about the losses Ukraine has endured. We could well have tricked ourselves into believing that Russian casualties are sky high, while Ukraine’s military is relatively unscathed.
That leads us to an increasingly likely scenario. As the war that is not war continues to rage, conflict in the east will settle into
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