The Ukrainian attack on the Russian bridge connecting to the Crimean peninsula should pretty much lay to rest any further bullshit about the Russians being the ones who blew up the Nordstream pipelines.
The attack on the bridge may be a logistical set back for the Russians but it hardly qualifies as the total disaster it's being portrayed as. The Russians still control the entire north shore of the Sea of Azov that constitutes the land bridge to the Crimean peninsula. That's why the fighting for Mariupol was so intense and protracted.
With Putin having already announced a partial mobilization and satellite imagery showing strategic bomber forces being moved to more forward bases, unless sainer heads prevail this war is far from over.
The bombing of the pipelines and now the bridge is also likely to stir Russian patriotism and add to the lines at the recruiting stations.
The last time the Russians surrendered was in 1918 and that only came about because Russia was prostrate from the chaos of revolution and those losses were quickly reversed after the German capitulation in the west. Throughout WWII there were advances and reversals '43, '44 and early '45. I'd say there is about a zero chance of them giving up anytime soon.
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