Between the economic emigration of previous decades, the more recent conflict driven emigration and the populations now within the control of Russia, the Ukrainian government-controlled population of Ukraine is probably down to about 20 million people.
thanks roger.. i was confused by this sentence near the end - 'Unfortunately, they may mostly get their way with only the limitation of Russian losses due to Russian tactics being a miss."
This is an instance when a "Like" is not. Sad to read... must've been all the more so, to write. To echo @james, "thanks, roger".
thanks roger.. i was confused by this sentence near the end - 'Unfortunately, they may mostly get their way with only the limitation of Russian losses due to Russian tactics being a miss."
I meant that the only thing that the Western elites won't get is large numbers of dead Russian troops. It is a complicated sentence, I may reword it.
thanks roger! cheers..