War

Headlines say that the Ukraine War has reached an impasse with both sides adding daily to their casualty lists. Putin has once again said he is ready to negotiate a peace. He wants to keep the Donbas area and Ukraine wants to take it back. This is from the New York Times. Troop deaths and injuries in Ukraine Was near 500,000, US official say. Ukraine and Russia have lost a staggering number of troops as Kyiv's counteroffensive drags on. A lack rapid medical care has added to the toll. The West now faces decision time. Will continuing the war give Ukraine the upper hand in negotiating and if so how long and at what cost. The stated fear of not winning the war is that Russia will then go into the next country and keep going until they win back the old Soviet territories. Is that still the fear or has Russia's ineptness at war shown that they will not be able to conquer more territories. At this point the war seems to be an ongoing thing for at least the foreseeable future. Will things look different in two more years with 500,000 more dead and billions more wasted destroying the Ukraine infrastructure.