According to tatarigami_UA on "X" there are only small groups trapped. It was possible for the Ukrainians to pull out their forces. For some reason cannot post the link.
As a Finn I am a bit worried. We have kept conscription and our (updated) doctrine of area defense, but due to simple numbers it has never relied on being able to beat Russia on the battlefield. It has been about a deterrent for causing excruciating pain and making an invasion not worth it. Russia has just shown that they don't care about the pain or how many of them die, if they just decide to want something.
As a Finn I am a bit worried. We have kept conscription and our (updated) doctrine of area defense, but due to simple numbers it has never relied on being able to beat Russia on the battlefield. It has been about a deterrent for causing excruciating pain and making an invasion not worth it. Russia has just shown that they don't care about the pain or how many of them die, if they just decide to want something.
One thing Ukraine did right was at the beginning of the war, they opened up the armories and armed their citizens and were able to put up a stiff resistance until things became more organized.Finland has done that as a way of life, forever.
There were many deals prior to the outbreak of major hostilities.
Edit: OT
The "to the end" mindset was driven by the fact that neither Germany or Japan never proposed surrender conditions either.
EDIT: that being said, noone can with conventional weapons destroy Russia. The question is what can we do so they don't want to use their remoteness to threaten other nations. What can other nations to do to make such actions painful?
I see the real possibility of nuclear weapons being used as a threat. But it is not a good defensive solution. Only a dissuasive one.
Germany wanted a deal with Churchill but Churchill refused. Hitler made a deal with Stalin, but Hitler double crossed him. Japan would have been happy to bomb Pearl Harbor and scare America enough to keep them out of the war, but they didn't understand the American psyche and the lust for revenge/justice.
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