@Bratwurst Boy
What would I do if I were Ukrainian? Good question. I would admit to myself and others I cant win. I would relocate to a safe place, and try to start over. There is no shame in being defeated, but there is shame in refusing to accept defeat honorably. I have had to do this many times in life and in business. You try your best, and then you have to know when it is simply pointless to go on. It is painful and difficult, but it must be done in order to try to move on. Its life.
@Ironside
If Europe has known forever that Russia is nothing but scum, then yes, all of Europe leaders are idiots for thinking there was a future with a tame Russia. Maybe its the American upbringing, but while I shake my neighbors hand when I see him, I would never trust him with my property or my family, and I am always prepared for an intruder or a threat to my family or my home. Anyone in todays world not thinking this way is foolish and naive. Poland shouldnt trust any country it borders, neither should France, Romania, or anyone else. Countries and people change slowly. Mentality of peoples takes decades and generations to change. Russia has not changed since the revolution in how it views non Russians, and everyone is a threat. That part they have absolutely right, because everyone is a threat.
The US found a few hundred million in an accounting error and will now send more ammo and missiles to Ukraine. About enough to last a few weeks. Still no movement on a big aid package, and we are going on seven months since the last large aid package was approved. Meanwhile Z still refusing calls from his own people and foreign leaders to mobilize more men, when his own courts are prosecuting more than 1300 cases of draft evasion. Not only is sentiment among Ukraine people changing, but more men are running and evading. This says plenty.