The Ukraines shot one of their negotiators for treason. Maybe no one wants his seat.[1]
[1]: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10582805/Ukrainian-...
1) How is Ukraine (inspiring) able to fight Russia - superpower and hangon for this long?
A: “In a fight between a bear and an alligator, it is the terrain which determines who wins.” – Jim Barksdale
Parable explained: "Barksdale: Well, in the animal world, a bear is not going to whip an alligator in water. And an alligator isn’t going to whip a bear on dry land. So, it’s not just the fighter, it’s the terrain that they’re on..." https://hbr.org/2014/06/dont-play-with-dead-snakes-and-other...
Russia is struggling, especially in the north, with adverse terrain. See also "Feeding the Bear: A Closer Look at Russian Army Logistics" [1]
2) How are they able to predict and shoot down Russian jets with precision?
Ukraine started the war with some of the best antiaircraft missiles and some of the best fighter jets Russia produced. That has been augmented by both Russian-made MANPADS (Strela [2]) and US-made MANPADS (Stingers [3]). The aircraft have to fly low because they don't have (enough / many / any?) precision guided bombs so they have to fly low in order to drop bombs with any accuracy. That makes them vulnerable to MANPADS. There might also be some cuing hints coming from the AWACS planes orbiting in Poland.
[1] https://warontherocks.com/2021/11/feeding-the-bear-a-closer-...
[2] https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/russia-ukraine-latest-news-...
[3] https://www.forbes.com/sites/craighooper/2022/03/08/ukraines...
Chess is a very simple game. All of the rules are known to both players. All of the information is known to both players. It is impossible for a rook to suddenly get stuck in mud or surrender because it feels hungry and confused. It is impossible for one side to roll a set of dice to request additional knights. Neither player’s cognitive abilities are impaired by sleep deprivation or fears of being murdered by a bishop. There are only two players.
> who makes a serious mistake at a time like this when they are trying to win. Nobody.
The number of examples of military blunders in human history is too numerous to count. Some examples you’ll want to look at include the British defense of Singapore, the peninsula campaign of the US civil war, the Franco-Prussian war, and the 12 battles of the Isonzo river.