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Ukraine tells critics of slow counteroffensive to 'shut up' (www.reuters.com)

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[-] justastranger@sh.itjust.works 150 points 1 year ago

It's like every time there's a war everybody forgets how fucking long they take. WW2 took six years. The Vietnam War took almost 20 years, same with the Afghanistan War. Anybody expecting anything solid within the next couple years is delusional. Ukraine is in it for the long haul.

[-] ours@lemmy.film 27 points 1 year ago

And Russia expected their little venture to be done in days.

[-] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 28 points 1 year ago

It was never supposed to turn into a real war. They wanted to assassinate Zelenskyy put some Russian plant in as president, annex some more land and call it a night. Obviously Zelenskyy survived and the rest is history.