russian priorities....
I would suggest to other NATO trolls to learn from Mafketis' example.
Once the amount of negative news surrounding Ukraine became impossible to ignore, Maf deftly shifted from predicting a Russian defeat to rather more abstract discussions of the country's misaligned priorities.
As a Russian, it is heartwarming to realize that there are kind and thoughtful gentlemen living in the West - worrying about our missed opportunities for self betterment. All I can say to such altruists as Maf, is "we will try harder!".
Now, some cynics might say, that one should first establish order in his own house, before teaching others how to live. But that's why they're cynics.
I think, it is totally normal for a person to on the one hand wish for the disintegration of Russia into a dozen pieces, and on the other provide helpful advice about how it should order its national priorities.
The only thing I'm worried about, is that some episodic pro-NATO visitor to our forum will see Maf write in response to my post - "Russia = poverty and degradation" - and decide that Maf has given up on a military victory for Ukraine.