Assuming we can believe what’s posted on Chinese social media; in this case I think we can.

Russia is running low on men, if hiring myriad of mercenaries is any indication. He paints a clear picture of the disadvantages (language barriers, no “brothers in arms” cohesion). 

But these are not necessarily indicative of Russia losing the war. China has millions it can send to help and Russia has closed the borders to stop its own young men from fleeing.

Someone not me who has been in actual combat tell me if this is true:  Drones are a game changer.  I’ve seen camera footage from drones as they detect men or tanks, target and kill.  Death from a soulless robot from above.   Small and agile, unlike manned aircraft, harder to target with anti-aircraft weapons before it drops its load or suicides into you?  And cheap as hell compared to other means of aerial attack.  The technology will probably rapidly get better to make them even more deadly.

Russia isn’t going to be defeated. Nor will she just stop. As long as the U.S. pumps resources into Ukraine this will go on indefinitely.  Yes Russia has a manpower problem but so does Ukraine. Both sides will send men to die until none are left, then they’ll keep paying ever more mercenaries or worse, get their allies directly involved: Russia-China vs Ukraine-USA/NATO. Great.

We need Trump in office to tell these two to knock it off.

  Russia has always used mercenaries, as do most militaries.  There's nothing new here.

  Ukraine is running low on troops.  This is why Dictator Zelenskyy wants to become (one of the reasons) a member of NATO so he can get a pipeline of troops to fight his war, as well as more money and equipment.

  No one sees just how ridiculous this clusterfuck has become.   We watch Israel get attacked and the FJB Regime keeps demanding Israel ceasefire and enter into peace talks (with a terrorist group no less) yet that same regime has impeded peace talks and negotiations on the Ukraine war.

  The FJB regime has held back munitions from Israel while demanding more money that has almost unaccountability for a country being run by a dictator.

  Anyone with just a few functioning brain cells can see what the Ukraine war is really about, and why the people behind it want it to continue indefinitely.

  The final irony in all of this:  Conservatives have always been painted as "war mongers" while the leftist have cried "If you elect that republican he'll get us into a war!", yet now look at where we are.    Unreal.

Mercenary fighting for the Russians has a different view:

Assuming we can believe what’s posted on Chinese social media; in this case I think we can.

Russia is running low on men, if hiring myriad of mercenaries is any indication. He paints a clear picture of the disadvantages (language barriers, no “brothers in arms” cohesion). 

But these are not necessarily indicative of Russia losing the war. China has millions it can send to help and Russia has closed the borders to stop its own young men from fleeing.

Someone not me who has been in actual combat tell me if this is true:  Drones are a game changer.  I’ve seen camera footage from drones as they detect men or tanks, target and kill.  Death from a soulless robot from above.   Small and agile, unlike manned aircraft, harder to target with anti-aircraft weapons before it drops its load or suicides into you?  And cheap as hell compared to other means of aerial attack.  The technology will probably rapidly get better to make them even more deadly.

Russia isn’t going to be defeated. Nor will she just stop. As long as the U.S. pumps resources into Ukraine this will go on indefinitely.  Yes Russia has a manpower problem but so does Ukraine. Both sides will send men to die until none are left, then they’ll keep paying ever more mercenaries or worse, get their allies directly involved: Russia-China vs Ukraine-USA/NATO. Great.

We need Trump in office to tell these two to knock it off.

oh good grief.

f'n brilliant military strategy - preventing troops from firing for fear of provoking...

Did people learn nothing from Vietnam and Korea?

What troops?  The Ukrainian rag tag militia?

Once again you missed the point Bob.   If the Ukrainians want to wage a war with Russia, be my guest.  But what in the fuck are we (US) getting involved, and more over, why in the fuck are we funding one of the most corrupt governments in the world while they wage this war?

Oh, wait a minute “If we don’t defeat Russia there, we’ll have to fight them here!”   Or here’s another one “We want to save Ukraines democracy!”   HA!

We didn’t learn a fucking thing from VN, Afghanistan, Iraq and countless other “police actions” around the world.

But still, a complete Russian victory over there will be far worse than us supporting Ukraine.

Why?

  Your dictator buddy wants longer range missiles to hit Russian assets within Russia, not just Russian held territories.. This will lead to escalation.

At least that is what Putin wants us to think, but the last thing he wants is all out war with the West.  And the cowardly west is buying it.

  You may want to ask yourself what we as the US has gotten out of dumping $200 billion into this shithole.

The jury is still out on that.  The delay by the Republican party has greatly reduced the chances of us getting anything out of it.
But still, a complete Russian victory over there will be far worse than us supporting Ukraine.