i think it's going to be a much tougher fight for the ukranians. John donbas is very different territory. The russians have made some tactical games, but they are also counter attacking. We've seen some pretty impressive counter attacks around the city of kakiv in the last few days. And they are going to be harassing russian supply lines constantly. But the important thingtoremember is they still have a huge shortage of man power. That's a problem that is not going to be fixed very easily.
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