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4 years ago Russia launched the full scale war into Ukraine. The results are:

- Russia failed to topple the Ukrainian government
- Russia failed to defeat the Ukrainian army
- Russia failed to defeat the will of the Ukrainian people
- Russia failed to take Kyiv
- Russia failed to isolate Ukraine
- Russia failed to take a single regional capital
- Russia controls less than 20% of Ukraine compared to 27% in March 2022
- 1.2 million Russians have been killed or permanently wounded
- Russian energy infrastructure leading to the West has been practically entirely eliminated, whether by sanctions or physically
- Russian economy is purely a war economy producing nothing of worth for the future
- Russian resource are getting taken from China for the lowest price imaginable

The list can go on, but the results are clear: Despite investing everything they got into this senseless war, Russians have failed, big times. But in order to bring the war to an end, more has to be done. Ukraine's victory is the only path to sustainable peace. Aggression must not be awarded. The past has proven this over and over again. It is in our hands to end it and Putin, altogether.

Russians thought it would be easy to invade Ukraine but instead…

1. At least 1 million Russians are already dead or badly wounded and Ukraine is now eliminating 30,000 Russian soldiers per month.

2. A sizable portion of the Russian navy is at the bottom of the Black Sea, and the rest are hiding

3. Ukrainian forces are still actively conducting counteroffensive operations to liberate land

4. Ukrainian made weapons are striking oil facilities thousands of kilometers inside Russia

5. Despite a 99% reduction in aid from the USA, the Ukrainian military has adapted to the new reality and built a closer relationship with Europe

6. In the face of daily targeted missile and drone terror attacks by the Russians, the vast majority of Ukrainian civilians do not want their government to surrender

7. Russia’s defense industry is now so strained that they’re partnering with North Korea, Iran and subjugating their sovereignty to China

8. NATO has expanded to include Finland and Sweden, two countries that had been neutral for decades — the exact opposite of what Putin set out to achieve

9. The ruble has collapsed, inflation is crushing ordinary Russians, and the Kremlin is burning through its sovereign wealth fund to fund a war it said would last 3 days

10. Ukraine still exists

Russia switches to Wi-Fi bridges after Starlink disruptions

According to Defense Minister’s advisor on technological defense issues Serhii Beskrestnov («Flash»), without communication the army loses control: no video streams, no intelligence sharing, and no штаб coordination.

Russian forces are now relying on Wi-Fi bridges — internet transmitted through line-of-sight antennas mounted on towers. After one such tower was destroyed, data transfer on that section of the front collapsed.

What’s next — sticks and stones?