For Ukraine, it’s a case of if it builds it, the Russians will come.

Only the its death dealing fortifications and the Russians who arrive will never see the light of day again.

Some, including Seth G.

Jones, who is the president of the defense and security department at the Harold Brown chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, or CSIS, says that Russia has been long trying to hide its real casualty numbers.

In a separate report, the CSIS has also stated that it’s conceivable that the casualty count for the Ukraine war could reach 2 million when combining both sides.

But it’s Russia that will bear the brunt of those losses.

It is the attacking side Ukraine is defending, and with it new strategy, it’s making its defense more effective than it’s ever been before.

The only tactic Putin has left is to send cannon foder soldiers into Ukraine.

In Zaparisia and Denipra Petrovsk, that cannon foder is going to run into renewed fortifications that will destroy them.

And with Starlink still down and no suitable replacement incoming, the odds are that we’re going to see Ukraine making more advances in the coming weeks, all in service of its new fortification strategy.

2026 won’t be the year of Russia’s victory.

It will be the year that 715,000 Russian soldiers pay for Putin’s failures.

Another thing that we’re seeing in Ukraine is a mindset shift within the country’s military.

Where Ukraine was once focused solely on survival, it’s now ready to take the initiative against Russia.

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