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Blinken says Ukraine has taken back 50% of territory that Russia seized (www.reuters.com)

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[–] anewbeginning 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

That was never going to happen. The lines have to strongly defended. But it is no assurance of defeat. It only increases the expense and time to recover. And once Ukrainians have some air force capabilities their combined arms offensive capabilities will be much greater.

[–] lemmyshmemmy -3 points 1 year ago

I thought they'd been training on F-16s since last summer. Disappointing to see that moving so slowly