watching the ukie war is becoming boring at best as the ukies are done but don't want to accept it;

Russian war correspondent, Marat Khairullin, has posted a terrific summary about the current status of Russian and Ukrainian forces on the battlefield. He writes:

Victory is already in sight. Ukraine has lost the war. This is not even an axiom, but a ready, settled foundation on which the walls of the future building are being poured right now. What is happening on the ground is nothing more than the convulsions of the regime. No one is interested in Ukropia and the Ukies as such – Trump is now openly flirting and offering Putin negotiations without any “Zelenskys.”

Marat is not a blind cheerleader. He is a hard-nosed reporter and sticks to the facts. This post marks a decided shift in his tone. He identifies two key trends to the current campaign:

The Ukrainian Armed Forces on the ground can no longer offer serious resistance.

The dynamics of the process – we are accelerating, and the Ukrainians are getting more and more exhausted.

The first trend is direct consequence of Ukraine failing to recruit and fully train reserve forces — i.e., replacements — that could be plugged into holes in Ukrainian defenses. According to Khairullin:..........more..........