How bad is it? The Kerch Bridge, Russian military capacity and heavy casualties and losses of material.

Today in RantWoman Bad Friend cred:

The song about "ain't gonna study war" misses important points. Wars happen. One does not have to want wars to continue to recognize the value of studying situations carefully.

Stop the slaughter. war is bad for EVERYONE. #Russia needs to GO HOME.

RantWoman for the record supports Ukraine's desire to return to the 1991 borders.

RantWoman does not buy the logic of stalemate and surrender.

RantWoman also points out the importance of #Ukraine being able to drive the Russian Black Sea Fleet out of 2/3 of the Black Sea.

TV Rain: Ben Hodges says West has not committed to Ukraine winning

And Beau says, there are lots of reasons that, although Russia may want to push west at least to the borders of the former Soviet Union, it really is not in a position to do so. 

Alos LOTS of ways to have an impact waging information campaign

The Telegraph: Russia has lost 90% of its original force

A ton of reporting since the US has declassifed estimates of the total Russian casualties.