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I also don't know why they keep saying it's going to be a stalemate, Russia is already taking kilometres on the north which is more than Ukraine managed to take during the whole two months now.
Once the offensive burns itself out, it's almost certain that Russia will start a serious offensive of their own.
Courage is definitely a substitute for weapons and training in a modern military.
What they obviously needed was to draft Mel Gibson to give them a rousing speech before sending them into the meat grinder. That would have changed everything.