Russia lost 50K soldiers last month.....

May break 55K in October. Trees are dropping leaves, thus its easier for Ukrainian drone pilots to track and eliminate enemy materiel, soldiers. Russia's "top sldiers" Gerislimov has been lying to his master, making absurd claims, I guess to not have an "accident" like thousands of others who lost favor with Putin.
Witkoff got an American hostage returned, after enduring years of captivity, torture. The rem "humantarian" fits Putin, as he is in same class as Pol Pot, Assad, Qadaffy, Hussein, Khomeini, Lukashenko. In other words a thug.
Differences in invasion:
Russia armed forces are useless, Ukraines are smart, well trained, devoted to defend homeland

Russia treats POWS with harsh treatment, torture, executions, lack of the necessities of like.
Ukraine the opposite

Russia attacks mostly civilian targets, Ukraine the military industrial complex only.

Russia has inept General command, no sargents to properly train recruits, thus attrition rate is from 8-1 to28-1 in sectors

Russia is blessed with a leader who basically ripped off his own nation to enrich himself and his buddies, totally corrupt. Cold, callous leader who does not give a damn about the 1.6M rotting on Ukraine landscape. Ukraine has te best leader on planet, a hero and statesman, a humantarian, caring, great orator, opposite of Putin.

Ukraine has offered it willing to accept "peace" Putin only wants to keep war going, in order to save his own skin, he will only be stopped if NATO finally sends him to the woodshed.

 

While Putin and his elites are drinking champagne, carousing with pretty girlfriends, eating caviar, the average Russian citizen has a median income of $500US a month. Almost same as in Czarist era before 1918. Yet the brainwashed population is too stupid to rise up vs their oppressors. Elon Musk fits well into this crowd.

 

C'MON, I am sure you agree that such a comparison of Mr. Musk to the subliminal suggestion you are attempting to emphasize, is slightly Blarney.

I have always mentally given you credit for realities of thought, and not falling prey to the latest rumor bashing.

The last couple of months of your commentary on different Threads have not escaped this pitfall. Most of the Posts have a very slanted view that has a heavy touch of the German WWII and Post WWII view of false superiority.

The simple fact is the majority of Soviet citizens don't give a damn what Putin does, as long as they get theirs. Collectively, their concern is that his political machine hopefully does not pizz off the PRC.

"When negotiating with a despot, it is best to invite him to dinner and openly praise, through imitation, the success of the despotism".

Zhou En Lai

 

I hate to say it, you CANNOT negotiate with a thug like Putin, he is just playing Trump along. Gen/ Ben Hodges said it best, Putin only understands force, he is a vile bully. Musk is not a nice guy, a greedy self centered jerk, much like Putin.
Zelenskyy is a NICE guy, so are Merz, Carney, Macron, Meloni, Stubb .....

 

You win. Welcome to the "Let WWIII begin in earnest, because we are finished talking".