'..Fall of Melitopol would trap all Russians in Crimea, east Kherson and Zaporizhia as well.'
- Peter Zeihan (
Source, September 14, 2022)
'The sad side of what’s happening now is that over 10,000 Ukrainian soldiers had to die to prove that Ukraine can win and that the West must finally stop hesitating and send massive defense aid to help end this war.'
- Illia Ponomarenko (
Source, September 14, 2022)
Context(Complete withdrawal from Ukraine (Crimea and the Donbas)) - '[Ukraine has] more manpower overall .. one million [soldiers] .. but we still lack armored vehicles and heavy weapons..'