Fair enough, thanks for elaborating, but I'm sure you agree we must cross index 'combat intensity' (e.g. bloodshed, extent and totality of destruction, consumption of materiel, etc.) with 'time'.  Not all days count the same. ...And no, I don't doubt Ukrainian motivation or will/ability to continue. I'm just kind of challenging the complacency here, as I do from time to time, that victory or collapse or whatever is just a matter of time and patience. I enjoy reading the responses. In m