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on the end of the combat season in Ukraine winter weather closes in on the

John Bass and the word exhaustion is in the air. The question of what is to be

done has not been answered in a year and a half of war and in Gaza there is

recognition that a ceasefire is in train. It hasn't happened yet in exchange for

hostages for hostages or hostages for prisoners.

It's very inexact.

This is two wars with a third war threatened in Asia.

So quickly, Victor, Ukraine war.

There appears to be footsteps heading to the exit on this

in the United States, in Europe. Do you hear the same footsteps?

Yeah, I think that Ukraine was pressured by its allies to have this spring and summer offensive and in

anticipation about the Russians built this huge kind of marginal line of minefields and concrete and wire and

drones and unfortunately Ukraine which was vastly outnumbered in terms of manpower

and wherewithal like a ram beat its head against this thing and couldn't

not break through and suffered an order amount casualties under that calculus of death

for every casualty they suffer Russia suffers too and in the long one Russia would win at that ratio and I think that's what we're witnessing

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