Yes, I understand thatI truly hope you are right. Chatting to my Mum's Ukraine neighbours they said all they can do is hope and believe eventually Ukraine will win out even if it takes ten years. Hope it's a lot sooner than that.
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Putin is clearly in this 'for ever ', so we have to hope the West is as well.
Our friends in Zaporizhzhia and elsewhere are depressed by the daily reality of shelling and air sirens.
Unless the Russian hierarchy implodes I don't see how this ends at the moment
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