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Jiang argues that Ukraine's army and even its statehood have effectively collapsed, giving Russia the strategic initiative and allowing it to dictate pace.
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Desertion
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Jiang says Ukrainian morale and front lines have already collapsed, with mass desertion as evidence that the war is effectively lost for Ukraine.
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He says the Ukrainian side shows the opposite pattern: forced mobilization of older men, very high desertion, and a war effort that is already hopelessly lost.
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Jiang says Ukraine's situation is hopeless because of desertion, forced recruitment, and the inability of additional European soldiers to alter the basic military balance.
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Jiang says Ukraine's battlefield position is collapsing through catastrophic casualties, random street recruitment, desertions, and the inability to hold the front line without emergency redeployments.
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Jiang says the Ukraine front is collapsing, with severe manpower losses, falling morale, and rising desertion, making the war's trajectory look hopeless for Ukraine.
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Jiang says Russia already won the war in Ukraine more than a year ago, citing Russian front-line breakthroughs, high morale, Ukrainian desertion, and mass flight as proof of a settled outcome.
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"mean the first thing to mention of course is the assassination of latin putin um and you know right afterwards putin said i've had..."
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"...real training without any hope and so you have these massive desertions among the ukrainian military like hundreds of thousands have deserted run away..."
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"...definitely the morale has collapsed you have hundreds of thousands in desertions um the ukrainians don't even know why they're trying to get to..."
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"This is a crusade to save Russian civilization. This is a crusade to save the murderland. This is a crusade to destroy the Antichrist,..."
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"On the other hand, in Ukraine, you have high desertion rates. You have all these stories of men being abducted on the streets in..."
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"...randomly off the streets. And that's why you have these massive desertions in the Ukrainian army. So the worst is done. It really is...."
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"It's very telling because the Ukrainians actually had to redeploy forces from elsewhere to, um, stop gap that, uh, breakthrough. All right. So militarily..."
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"I think that the world will be a huge threat to the planet. You will still have conventional wars. There's talk right now that..."
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"But if you look at the situation on the ground in Ukraine, it's pretty hopeless. The rumors are that Ukraine has a lot to..."
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"Look, from my perspective, this war was over a year ago. Russia has clearly and decisively won this war. If you just look at..."
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