I still remember telling people when this war broke out that it wasn't going to go well for Ukraine
They pointed to the early strife and went "Ha! These foolish Russians can't take over a whole country in a month, epic Ukrainian victory is assured!"
Meanwhile, I bit my tongue because I knew they wouldn't accept the fact that the early Ukrainian strategy was going to drain them over the long term
USAans are so divorced from the reality of actual warfare, they don't understand logistics, they don't understand maintaining an actual fighting force, they just don't understand that you don't just win by blowing up a whole lot of stuff real fast
I can't count the number of times libs called me and idiot, told me I had no clue what I was talking about, that I was a troll, bot, shill, etc. Absolutely hilarious to read what I've been saying for the past two years plastered on the front pages of the mainstream western media today.
Even that understates the disparity. Ukraine certainly doesn't have 38 million now anymore and i highly doubt they had that much in February 2022 either. Their last census was over twenty years ago IIRC.