Hitler overextended himself. The Phoney War or Sitzkrieg was an eight-month period at the start of World War II during which there was only one limited military land operation on the Western Front, when French troops invaded Germany's Saar district.
In that eight month period German munitions output was significantly increased under the direction of Fritz Todt. Todt played a crucial role in organizing the expansion of Germany's armaments production. Artillery shell production doubled.
Russia has done fine with western sanctions. Sanctions which a computer model would have show had to backfire, and did, but politicians are not so smart. Russian munition production was not lagging Russian need to begin with, and now no amount of western munition production can catch up to Russia unless foreign troops get involved, and that pointless foolishness starts WWIII.
At the beginning of WWII the Nazis could easily have been defeated. Further Hitler could not have increased munitions production without starting the war. The German industrialists needed to be paid. War was a way not to pay bills which were coming due. Prior to the war German munition production used a special funny money that had to be converted to regular German money at a future date. The promise was that the funny money script could be redeemed for real money all along. The bills were coming due. War was a way to not have to honor the promise.
Ukraine is defeated, they no longer have enough troops. Giving Ukraine more munitions only means useless death. Russia is prepared to respond in kind. Ukraine continues to grind the meat. And more men die. In part because Americans can't understand limits, and know when things are not our business. Americans make everything their business.
This has been a war of attrition which Ukraine has not been winning. Nothing will change about that unless WWIII is started by the fuzzy leg luvin drooling fool in the Oval Office. Which could happen. Increasing munitions to Ukraine (or that other place) will only mean more death. The drooling fool needs to go. America drifts to war. And for no good reason. None!
Crimea was never really fully Ukrainian to begin with. In March 2014, a referendum was held in Crimea, and the official results indicated that an overwhelming majority of Crimean voters chose to join Russia. There was no invasion. But memories are short and American media has everyone pretty well convinced Russia stole Crimea despite the people living there deciding to leave on their own. But the mantra that Russia stole Crimea despite having a right to be there is repeated daily in American 'news'.
Succession was a Crimean right. Crimean self-determination, something Americans used to believe in before high-fructose corn syrup dummied things down and the worship of rich people became the new American religion.
The disputed Ukrainian areas? Prior to the war had the American Federal Government been lobbing artillery shells into Seattle for eight years, would Washington State wanting to join Canada seems strange? I'd be wanting to say 'aye' every day.
How is the Donbass different?
Britain has The Great Game, and hating on Russia confirms American Capitalism as if Biden himself was blessing the cup. It is a religion. Hate on Russia because they are communist.
What, they are not communist any more? That does not matter. You are not supposed to know that. They still must like communism since they were once anyway. Go with it. Truth is, any old excuse will do because America still wants to carve up Russia like it is a Thanksgiving Turkey. And that is the imperialist truth of it.
Drink from the cup and hate on Russia. It is your American duty. Your religion.