This piece is to highlight mistakes and misgivings on both sides.
This war should never have begun.
1. On the part of Russia, the biggest mistake was believing the West, specially USA, UK and France.
Germany of course was double dealer from the very beginning.
2. The second mistake of Russia was labelling it as a Special Military Operation, instead of treating it as an Existential Threat, from the very beginning, while the West had dug in deep with military infrastructure to eliminate Putin and to destabilize Russia.
3. The third mistake was treating Ukraine as an equal partner.
4. The fourth mistake was believing in Dialoge and Diplomacy.
There is no diplomacy in American War Cabinet except dominance and duplicity and President Biden is a born liar.
5. Fifth mistake was lack of preparation for a long protracted war with the EU and USA.
6. Lack of advance intelligence on the Ukraine side and trusting on what little intelligence they already had.
Having gone through the odds and misgivings Russia has evolved into truly magnificent War Machine, which the West cannot match for another decade.
Now the plus points.
1. Making it a War of Attrition and bringing fatigue on the Ukraine side.
2. Fortifying it defenses before any advance.
3. Minimizing the casualties on Russian side.
4. Reorganizing the whole military.
5. Ruling the sky.
6. Developing new war tacticis using drones and artificial intelligence.
7. Resolve to demilitarize Ukraine.
8. No NATO stance for Ukraine.
9. Drag the war until 2025 when the third wave of resistance could be neutralized.
10. Making alliance with China.
Regarding the Ukraine the mistakes are many.
1. First mistake was believing Boris Johnson and the West's unwavering support.
2. Disregarding it as a Proxy War candidate for the American M.I.C to benefit it's own coffers.
3. Treating all Russians as arch enemies.
4. Scuttling diplomacy.
5. Treating it as a War Game played on a computer.
6. Media hype and working according to CNN and Fox News.
7. Not being able protect it's infrastructure.
8. Not being able to Protect it's soldiers and using them as Cannon fodder.
9. Depleting it's war cabinet faster than it is replaced.
10. Asking to become an EU member.
11. Using mercineries (was a big mistake).
12. Dragging the war until 2025.
Plus point of Ukraine should be attributed to it's soldiers.
1. They are relentless and very courageous to take the mighty Russia.
2. Ability to keep morale in spite of great odds and losing almost 2 waves of combatants.
3. Keep their loses as a secret from it's citizens.
However, the reality of war is one side wins and the winners not only take all the trophies but dominate the loser in all aspects, including political, social, economic realities and more importantly the pride.
Ukraine has lost its pride and it's place in the modern world.
No amount of money can bring the pride back.
It's trust on West will bomarang for many decades, currently as money loans that have to be paid back.
