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Four Years On Who’s Really Winning the Ukraine Wa

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Four years of war: Russia expected victory in days; instead endless attrition and displacement.
Four-year Ukraine war anniversary analysis with GeoPolity founder Adnan Khan. Framed as transition from fast-moving conflict to grinding attrition across 800-mile front; Russia expected quick victory but faces unsustainable losses. Discusses personnel losses (hundreds of thousands), mobilization asymmetry (Russia 145M population vs Ukraine 41M), and economic dimensions: Russia shifted to wartime economy; Ukraine completely dependent on Western support. Energy analysis: Russia lost 60% of European gas market (250B to 150B cubic meters); Europe scrambling to replace from 5+ suppliers (Nigeria, Caucasus, Central Asia, South Korea, U.S. LNG). Political layer: Trump-Putin talks shifted focus beyond Ukraine to Arctic/Siberia development and technology transfer; U.S. appears accepting maximalist Russian demands; Ukraine losing negotiating position.

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A grave, strategic look at a war now being shaped by diplomacy and outside power.

Four years into the Ukraine war, this episode treats the conflict less as a battlefield story than as a contest over aims, leverage, and what each side can be pushed to accept.

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