Putin's Spring 2023 offensive will likely come from all directions - North, East, and South, a repeat of Feb 2022 invasion but with lessons learned & hundreds of thousands more troops. It will be bloody. Time is running out for the West to act decisively. Too little too late. pic.twitter.com/ALBjVSX1CS

— Igor Sushko (@igorsushko) January 15, 2023

Ukraine is not going to win the Ukraine war and they are not getting Luhansk, Donetsk, Crimea or, probably, the land bridge back under virtually any remotely likely scenario.

Pretending otherwise is malfeasance, stupidity, or both.

— Ian Welsh (@iwelsh) October 29, 2022

‘wasting time’ has consequence.
With Xi‘s absolute power confirmed，Taiwan war is almost inevitable. mark him surpass Mao’s legacy and help to shift domestic pressure completely with no resistance.

Our age is accelerating for its major world crisis，we have no time to waste. https://t.co/VhabJRRnJ1

— 巴丢草 Bad ї ucao (@badiucao) October 23, 2022