A Trump-linked startup is sending humanoid robots to the Ukraine battlefield

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Forward-looking: Today's AI weaponry is very different from the sci-fi scenes of Terminators rampaging across battlefields with massive guns. But that scenario might not be as far away as it sounds. A company with ties to the Trump family is developing autonomous humanoid robots for use in both heavy industrial environments and military applications. And these robots could end up being used in Ukraine.

Foundation Future Industries, a startup founded in 2024 in San Francisco, has a goal shared by many similar robotics firms: to create machines that can take on those challenging, dangerous roles performed by humans.

CNBC reports that Sankaet Pathak, the company's CEO, said that those dangerous roles include missions in conflict zones. He has plans to scale production to thousands of units this year, and frontline testing is to begin with the US military within the next 18 months.

The company's ambitions to use its robots for military purposes have advanced beyond the planning stage. Earlier this year, Foundation sent two of its Phantom MK-1 units to Ukraine for a pilot demonstration, representing what it called the first ever deployment of a humanoid robot in a combat theater.

Several cutting-edge technologies never before used in an active war have appeared during Ukraine's fight with Russia, including advanced drones, AI, and robot dogs. If humanoid robots do become a regular sight on the future battlefield, it would be little surprise if they first appeared in this conflict.

Pathak said that the MK-1 testing in Ukraine has proved their potential to perform supply pickups, but they're far from T-1000 killing machines. The robots can currently only carry about 44 pounds, aren't waterproof, and don't have sufficient battery life to be deployed at scale.

However, Foundation hopes to send its upgraded Phantom 2 robots (above) to Ukraine this year. They boast "superhuman abilities" and double the payload capacity of Phantom 1. The firm has already received $24 million worth of government research contracts for feasibility testing in inspection, logistics, and weapons handling across the Army, Navy, and Air Force. Pathak hopes the robots will be on the front lines in Ukraine in 12 to 18 months.

Foundation has been gaining extra attention after Eric Trump joined the company as its chief strategy advisor. The move has brought accusations of corruption from Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren.

The US isn't the only country testing the military applications of humanoid robots. China, which is ahead of its global rival in manufacturing scale, cost, supplier depth, and commercialization speed – if not AI – has also released reports on the machines' potential for war.

With AI agents pushing fully autonomous weapons closer to reality, and military vehicles including warships and fighter jets now controllable with AI, concerns over humans being taken out of kill-chain decisions are growing. The first generations of humanoid robots might stumble around the battlefield carrying equipment, but where they might lead is a sobering thought.

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A Trump-linked startup is sending humanoid robots to the Ukraine battlefield

 

[Megalomaniac]

I knew from day 1, years ago, Russia was going to win.
Here we are pouring money down a black hole. An entire generation of Ukrainian and Russian boys destroyed. American neocons have no reverse gear. Russia (and Iran and China ) are arguably in better positions now because they are de-dollarizing and moving closer to each other for survival.

Chess Players understand: sometimes you don't need to checkmate your opponent. Sometimes you just need to run their clock out. Obama and Biden's clocks ran out and Trump's is just about done as well.

And they wanna start sending robots now?

Hubris.

 

[pnntmp]

What you "knew" is very, very far from being a fact.
Some people "knew" that on day one, and yet the entire usable army of Russia is stuck in Ukraine for years, with millions of Russians dead or maimed, and more millions out of the country. The greatest damage is that the cognitive elite of Russia has fled the country, recovering from that is impossible.
So Russia can't possibly possibly "win", it's many times worse compared to before the war.

"American neocons" have nothing to do with that, this started as a one man self-aggrandizement show and continues like that, just now aggrandizement of any sort is out of question and its about saving face.

 

[Kirby1]

I knew from day 1, years ago, Russia was going to win.
Here we are pouring money down a black hole. An entire generation of Ukrainian and Russian boys destroyed. American neocons have no reverse gear. Russia (and Iran and China ) are arguably in better positions now because they are de-dollarizing and moving closer to each other for survival.

Chess Players understand: sometimes you don't need to checkmate your opponent. Sometimes you just need to run their clock out. Obama and Biden's clocks ran out and Trump's is just about done as well.

And they wanna start sending robots now?

Hubris.

Ukraine is arguably winning the war without much help from the US.


Humanoid robots on the battlefield just seems dumb. I don't really see what they can do that a cheaper more typical drone couldn't. You don't really need a humanoid robot to blow things up.

 

[Kashim]

I knew from day 1, years ago, Russia was going to win.
Here we are pouring money down a black hole. An entire generation of Ukrainian and Russian boys destroyed. American neocons have no reverse gear. Russia (and Iran and China ) are arguably in better positions now because they are de-dollarizing and moving closer to each other for survival.

Chess Players understand: sometimes you don't need to checkmate your opponent. Sometimes you just need to run their clock out. Obama and Biden's clocks ran out and Trump's is just about done as well.

And they wanna start sending robots now?

Hubris.

On day one of the Russia war I said they should either a) send large amounts of support in the form of the strongest and heaviest weapons to give Ukraine a decisive advantage from the get-go, or b) send nothing at all and let Russia and Ukraine figure it out.

Instead, they chose option c) send trickles of low power weapons that will extend the war into a forever war, by sending Ukraine just enough so they can keep hanging on for years to come. What a smart move that was. I'm sure they'll wait a few more years and THEN finally send some better weapons.

I put the blame 100% on American greed. There's not much profit in ending a war quickly even if it's on the other side of the world. It's much better for American greed to keep sending tens or even hundreds of billions worth of weapons in perpetuity. The Russia/Ukraine war has been an absolute boon for the American Military-Industrial Complex.

 

[Endymio]

Ukraine is arguably winning the war without much help from the US.

Ukraine's lost territory every year since the war began -- 4,800 sq km in 2025. And the majority of US aid isn't even in all the weapons we send, but the uncounted logistical aid (EUCOM literally plans most of their campaigns) and priceless real-time access to our spy satellite and drone intel networks.

 

[NumberNine]

Look at all those greased palms, baby!
Say hello to your future police officers.

 

[axiomatic13]

It just another Trump family grift. They are making absolute suckers out of the MAGA followers.

 

[Axeia]

I knew from day 1, years ago, Russia was going to win.

That was very understandably the globally accepted opinion.

Here we are pouring money down a black hole.

US aid has been minimal.
US bookkeeping has been 'creative' to say the least, send out some old junk that was going to be retired in the next few years. Then count whatever you're replacing it with as aid.
Simple example, Ukraine received the Abrams M1A1 SA ($4.5-6m) - those will have gotten replaced with the M1A2 SEPv3 ($10-15m).
The US army buys very little overseas to most of that replacement money is recycled within the US economy to boot.

So pouring money into a black hole I'd say is a bit of an overstatement, especially considering the losses Russia suffered as a result. They've little to offer on the arms market with how much they'll need domestically for many years to come. Not to mention the lacklustre performance of their equipment hasn't resulted in new orders (heck, more like existing orders being cancelled).

What the US considered as near peer rivals, Russia & China is down to just China for minimal investment.
According to the numbers of the Kiel institute total US aid amounts to ~$134,46 billion.
The war on Terrorism supposedly cost the us $33 billion a month (adjusted for inflation). Ukraine's US aid by comparison is almost a rounding error.

An entire generation of Ukrainian and Russian boys destroyed.

That is a major problem. Both already had poor forecasts when it comes to keeping a productive working class population, take out a good chunk of fertile men and birthrate problems that come with it and they're now looking at problems not unlike Japan... except that both their economies are already effed due to the war.

Russia (and Iran and China ) are arguably in better positions now because they are de-dollarizing and moving closer to each other for survival.

Yes, but that's more due to the world market instability caused by the tariffs and tariff threats. If the US acts erratic the world tries to move away from it and from the USD. Same goes for the Euro now being in a much stronger position.
And Russia being in a better position, ehhh questionable. They're heavily sanctioned, they lost pretty much the entire black sea navy, lost the majority of their tank fleet (and pretty much everything that isn't old rusty retired junk), they lost several planes they can't even rebuild, they lost pretty much their entire arms export market, they're forced to sell oil to india/China at barely if-even profit rates and stuck with their currencies instead of nice easy to spend euros.
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Ukraine's lost territory every year since the war began -- 4,800 sq km in 2025. And the majority of US aid isn't even in all the weapons we send, but the uncounted logistical aid (EUCOM literally plans most of their campaigns) and priceless real-time access to our spy satellite and drone intel networks.

Let's be fair, the US would want to keep an eye on how things are progressing regardless so that comes at barely any additional cost. It's also pretty much the only aid that has been supplied for a while before and since Trump took office.
And even that has been withheld at times to various degrees, hard to try and force a mineral deal for example otherwise (which seems an awful lot like economic coercion to me, which goes against the Budapest Memorandum that the US signed...).

Ukraine lost territory, but at pretty high costs of human life to Russia. Depending on when and where it ranges from hundreds to even thousands of human lifes per square mile.
In more recent times it stopped losing and started gaining terrority btw:

Ukraine is also attacking Moscow directly in more recent times. I wouldn't be surprised if sometime soon Russia calls it quits to try and keep what they've gained as things are (finally) starting to look quite bad for them.
Whether Ukraine will agree / be forced to agree due to its allies being sick of footing the bill remains to be seen. imo The US and EU should give a nice final push in aid right about now, put this take territory mindset to rest.

 

[havok585]

"Pathak hopes the robots will be on the front lines in Ukraine in 12 to 18 months."

there wont be any conflicts by then, the special operation will end this year.

Some people "knew" that on day one, and yet the entire usable army of Russia is stuck in Ukraine for years, with millions of Russians dead or maimed, and more millions out of the country. e.

That's BS. All non-partisan military experts have talked about the ratio between Ukraine/Russia of KIA/MIA is 7 to 1 !

Whether Ukraine will agree / be forced to agree due to its allies being sick of footing the bill remains to be seen. imo The US and EU should give a nice final push in aid right about now, put this take territory mindset to rest.

you're reading too much fan-fic, next time try to take your sources from non-partisan sources amigo.

 

[Endymio]

US aid has been minimal.

That's a very creative lie. Total US aid to Ukraine is nearly $200B, by far the largest contribution of any nation, and also by the far the largest sum the US has ever given to any nation in such a period, sufficient to give Ukraine the world's third largest military budget, behind only the US and China. And that's just the direct aid, leaving off the larger indirect aid I detailed above.

US bookkeeping has been 'creative' to say the least, send out some old junk that was going to be retired in the next few years

I don't know where this absurd lie keeps popping up. Since 2023, the munitions we send Ukraine have been directly off US factory assembly lines, with literally every US contractor working overtime shifts to keep up with demand.

Simple example, Ukraine received the Abrams M1A1 SA ($4.5-6m) - those will have gotten replaced with the M1A2 SEPv3 ($10-15m).

Get your facts straight. Nearly all the SEPv3 Abrams in the US arsenal were upgraded from older models -- that cost you quote is the upgrade cost only. And the US only sent 24 of those tanks to Ukraine, because Russia was able to destroy them so easily that Ukraine pulled them from active service.

pouring money into a black hole I'd say is a bit of an overstatement, especially considering the losses Russia suffered as a result. .,.. What the US considered as near peer rivals, Russia & China is down to just China for minimal investment.

Oops! Today, the Russian military is now 30% larger than when the war began and far better trained and capable of dealing with modern military tactics. Also, after 35 years of continual declines in Russian military budgets, they've reversed that trend and poured massive new investments in new weapon systems: they've fielded several new systems just since the war began. Their military-industrial capacity has expanded also: according to EUCOM, Russia is now producing more artillery munitions per month than all NATO members combined can produce in a single year.

If the US acts erratic the world tries to move away from it and from the USD.

The shift from the dollar came due to the US's using it as a political bludgeon, sanctioning not just Russia, but attempting to do so for any company or country doing business with it.

Ukraine lost territory, but at pretty high costs of human life to Russia.

Russia has indeed lost lives. As stated above, however, it hasn't degraded their military capability: quite the opposite. And remember that Russia lost 20 million lives in WW2, and still arrived in Berlin before the US did, and with an army stronger than when the war began.

And Russia being in a better position, ehhh questionable. They're heavily sanctioned, they lost pretty much the entire black sea navy,

Eh? 95% of Russia's navy -- including 100% of their nuclear powered ships -- were in the North Fleet. Russia's lost a large number of tanks -- which the war has shown useless to modern warfare -- but their navy and air force are virtually untouched, and their army and missile forces significantly larger.

As for the fact that Russia's advances have slown down since January, that's mostly due to the prospect of peace. The battle lines have been mostly static since the start of the year.

 

[BuckarooBonzaii]

If they made a doll size then I might get one then I'll be a "Puppet Master". (Movie)

 

[abactuon]

It's interesting that, all things being equal, incredibly expensive military equipment (aircraft and ships) proves to be very vulnerable.
I was briefly a first lieutenant in the missile forces (a very long time ago), and it turns out that's pretty cool.

 

[toooooot]

What you "knew" is very, very far from being a fact.
Some people "knew" that on day one, and yet the entire usable army of Russia is stuck in Ukraine for years, with millions of Russians dead or maimed, and more millions out of the country. The greatest damage is that the cognitive elite of Russia has fled the country, recovering from that is impossible.
So Russia can't possibly possibly "win", it's many times worse compared to before the war.

"American neocons" have nothing to do with that, this started as a one man self-aggrandizement show and continues like that, just now aggrandizement of any sort is out of question and its about saving face.

When soviet soldiers returned from Afghanistan, they were given no help. The new government post 1990 outright told them: we did not send you there--f off.
When this war ends, this generation of "Russia defenders" will experience the same treatment. Most of them will die homeless from drug addiction or alcoholism.

Russians have a saying "we do not leave ours behind," if you reverse it, it is absolutely true. They always live their fellows behind. These men will be the most miserable people in the country.
They will wish they died on the battlefield because there will not be one person willing to help them.

 

[psycros]

I can't figure out why russbots waste their time posting their bottom-tier laughable BS everywhere. Unlike themselves, the rest of us have access to a variety of news sources. And all of them agree that Ukraine is not just fending off the invasion but doing so handily. Russia is near total collapse and is being kept alive by China. While this does extend the war it means that TWO of the most evil fascist regimes are bleeding out as opposed to one. A fairly brilliant approach by the west if you think about it.

 

[VitalyT]

If Trump is really stupid enough to send family-bult robots to Ukraine, he won't survive the fallout from this. Putin will retaliate, and the war will widen. Just because he hasn't used the nukes, doesn't mean the shortage of them, just trying to avoid a world war III.

 

[Beerfloat]

The article just says the Trump-adjacent company will be sending them to Ukraine, but not which side will be operating them. I would assume Ukraine, because that'd be the right thing, but the Trump family usually seems to favor the Russians so worth clarifying.

 

[OortCloud]

Lets hope Donny Diaper's best mate Vlad doesn't get wind of this. He won't be happy and might threaten to release those pee-pee tapes again...

 

[Endymio]

...but the Trump family usually seems to favor the Russians so worth clarifying.

Deutsch World, Aug 2017: The Trump Administration has approved the $10.5 billion sale of a Patriot anti-missile system to NATO ally Poland ... the deal had been previously canceled by then-President Barack Obama after Russian President Putin expressed concerns over escalating tensions...."

Time Magazine, April 12, 2018: "Just Confirmed: ‘Hundreds’ of Russian Troops Killed in a U.S. Attack in Syria ... the attack was ordered by President Trump...."
CBS NEWS, Mar 26, 2018: "Trump orders expulsion of 60 Russian diplomats [and] closure of Russia's Seattle consulate for spying ... this [becomes] the largest mass expulsion of Russian diplomats in history....."

NBC NEWS, April 9, 2018: "[President] Trump becomes the first world leader to sanction members of Putin's inner circle, including Putin's son-in-law ...."

AP, April 3, 2018: The Trump administration is sending 210 Javelin anti-tank missiles to Ukraine, providing the government with a powerful new weapon to use against Russian-backed separatists...The Obama administration had refused, wary of putting weaponry into an ongoing conflict...."

BBC, Dec 21, 2019: "President Donald Trump has signed a law that will impose sanctions on any firm that helps Russia's state-owned gas company, Gazprom, finish a pipeline into the European Union. "

BBC, May 19, 2021: "In a major win for [Moscow], President Biden waives Trump-era sanctions on Russian pipeline Nord Stream 2....The US also lifted sanctions on the executive - an ally of Russia's Vladimir Putin - who leads the firm behind the project. Critics say the pipeline is a major geopolitical prize for the Kremlin...

CNN, Jan 20, 2022: "Ukrainian President pushes back on Biden: ‘There are no minor incursions ... Officials in Kyiv were “stunned” by Biden’s comments. Ukraine’s foreign minister, Dmytro Kuleba, said that Biden’s comments served as an invitation to attack by Moscow...."

 

[m3diapers]

It would be hilarious they build a real T-800 with DJT's face--Terminator President.

 

[BobHome]

ROBOT WARS! It's not just a TV series, anymore.
But hey, don't worry. After they lose a billion or two $$$ from robots destroying robots, the bean counters will tell the Generals to replace their latest toys with Humans since humans killing Humans is cheaper.
/s

 

[RaXelliX]

I knew from day 1, years ago, Russia was going to win.

So this is what winning a war looks like?

Almost five years later lets recap:
1. Only one of russia's strategic objectives accomplished - keeping Ukraine out of NATO. But with the state of the alliance as it is they'll better off asking to join Ukraine instead.
2. The percentage of controlled territory by russians is smaller than it was in 2022.
3. None of the oblast's capitals captured and held. They did briefly hold Kherson City, but that was short lived too. And no - Mariupol was not an oblast capital tho it is the largest city russians have managed to capture and main control over (after leveling most of the city in the process).
4. Restrict or destroy Ukraine's military. Well this has gone the opposite way. Ukraine is way more well trained and better equipped with nearly half a decade of combat experience (plus 8 years before that). Making Ukraine one of the strongest land armies in the world right now.
5. "Denazify" Ukraine. Whatever that means. Not that you can destroy what didn't exist.
6. russia has lost millions of prime working age men to KIA/WIA and those who left after the 2022 mobilization.
7. Over 90% depletion of massive (largest in the world) soviet stockpiles of tanks, APV's, APC's, IFV's, towed and self-propelled artillery, rocket artillery and air-defense systems along with the entire missiles stockpiles.
8. Becoming the most sanctioned country on earth and losing hundreds of billions of income.
9. Every day losing an operational oil refinery along with influence in the EU and other places like Caucasus and Africa.
10. Alienating nearly all former allies and partnering with irrelevant North-Korea as piranha states on the global stage.

I could go on, but any reasonable person can look at this TOP10 list and conclude that russia lost this war back in 2022. Everything after that has been a delaying action hoping to reverse that, but it hasn't worked and it wont work.

Here we are pouring money down a black hole.

What money. The orange fool cut all aid to zero after he took office. Now the EU has eclipsed total aid given.

An entire generation of Ukrainian and Russian boys destroyed.

Ask putin about that.

I can't figure out why russbots waste their time posting their bottom-tier laughable BS everywhere. Unlike themselves, the rest of us have access to a variety of news sources. And all of them agree that Ukraine is not just fending off the invasion but doing so handily. Russia is near total collapse and is being kept alive by China. While this does extend the war it means that TWO of the most evil fascist regimes are bleeding out as opposed to one. A fairly brilliant approach by the west if you think about it.

Indeed. They paddle such blatant lies year after year. A normal person would at least try to make their lies believable by planting a small truth inside, but they're either incapable or indifferent to that.

And after years of lies they could come up with something new rather than the same nazis, biolabs, dirty bomb, satan, heroine or cocaine addict, immense wealth stashed away by Ukr leaders, NATO, russia surrounded by enemies etc.
Heard it all before.

 

[Megalomaniac]

So this is what winning a war looks like?

Almost five years later lets recap:
1. Only one of russia's strategic objectives accomplished - keeping Ukraine out of NATO. But with the state of the alliance as it is they'll better off asking to join Ukraine instead.
2. The percentage of controlled territory by russians is smaller than it was in 2022.
3. None of the oblast's capitals captured and held. They did briefly hold Kherson City, but that was short lived too. And no - Mariupol was not an oblast capital tho it is the largest city russians have managed to capture and main control over (after leveling most of the city in the process).
4. Restrict or destroy Ukraine's military. Well this has gone the opposite way. Ukraine is way more well trained and better equipped with nearly half a decade of combat experience (plus 8 years before that). Making Ukraine one of the strongest land armies in the world right now.
5. "Denazify" Ukraine. Whatever that means. Not that you can destroy what didn't exist.
6. russia has lost millions of prime working age men to KIA/WIA and those who left after the 2022 mobilization.
7. Over 90% depletion of massive (largest in the world) soviet stockpiles of tanks, APV's, APC's, IFV's, towed and self-propelled artillery, rocket artillery and air-defense systems along with the entire missiles stockpiles.
8. Becoming the most sanctioned country on earth and losing hundreds of billions of income.
9. Every day losing an operational oil refinery along with influence in the EU and other places like Caucasus and Africa.
10. Alienating nearly all former allies and partnering with irrelevant North-Korea as piranha states on the global stage.

I could go on, but any reasonable person can look at this TOP10 list and conclude that russia lost this war back in 2022. Everything after that has been a delaying action hoping to reverse that, but it hasn't worked and it wont work.

What money. The orange fool cut all aid to zero after he took office. Now the EU has eclipsed total aid given.

Ask putin about that.

Indeed. They paddle such blatant lies year after year. A normal person would at least try to make their lies believable by planting a small truth inside, but they're either incapable or indifferent to that.

And after years of lies they could come up with something new rather than the same nazis, biolabs, dirty bomb, satan, heroine or cocaine addict, immense wealth stashed away by Ukr leaders, NATO, russia surrounded by enemies etc.
Heard it all before.

I could waste my time arguing about this, but suffice to say:
: Russia now controls roughly 20% of Ukrainian territory. This constitutes a net gain of approximately 12% to 13% of Ukraine's total landmass compared to the 7% it held via Crimea and parts of the Donbas prior to February 2022.
The Donbas Foothold: Moscow has successfully concentrated its ground conflict to capture most of the industrial Donbas region, controlling approximately 99.7% of Luhansk Oblast and nearly 80% of Donetsk Oblast.
Strategic Land Bridge: By seizing key coastal cities like Mariupol, Russia successfully established a contiguous "land bridge" connecting the Russian mainland directly to the occupied Crimean Peninsula.
Human Capital Seizure: Beyond land, Russia has forcibly relocated or absorbed an estimated 1.6 million Ukrainian citizens, including up to 260,000 children, onto Russian territory.

Among those: Russia has distanced itself from America's impending economic collapse.

They're winning.

Yes they've lost a lot - but they're still winning.

 

[RaXelliX]

Russia now controls roughly 20% of Ukrainian territory. This constitutes a net gain of approximately 12% to 13% of Ukraine's total landmass compared to the 7% it held via Crimea and parts of the Donbas prior to February 2022.

I guess you conveniently forgot that in 2022 during the height of the invasion they controlled about 23%. So in five years they've actually lost 3%. What a win.

The Donbas Foothold: Moscow has successfully concentrated its ground conflict to capture most of the industrial Donbas region, controlling approximately 99.7% of Luhansk Oblast and nearly 80% of Donetsk Oblast.

At needless cost and by using the tactics of leveling everything before them. Donbas was valuable before the war for it's industry. Now that industry is wiped out, people have left and minerals somewhere underground with no infrastructure to extract them are about as useful as fairy wings on a cement truck.

Strategic Land Bridge: By seizing key coastal cities like Mariupol, Russia successfully established a contiguous "land bridge" connecting the Russian mainland directly to the occupied Crimean Peninsula.

The same land bridge that is now under constant Ukraine fire control. Master strategist in the kremlin.

Human Capital Seizure: Beyond land, Russia has forcibly relocated or absorbed an estimated 1.6 million Ukrainian citizens, including up to 260,000 children, onto Russian territory.

You mean deported and stolen. Lets not mince words here. What are these 1.6 million doing now in russia? Somehow I dont think a bunch of deported and stolen people are helping russia's economy or military.

Among those: Russia has distanced itself from America's impending economic collapse.

Americas economic collapse has been predicted by doomers since the 2008 financial crisis. Yet here we are 18 years later and still no collapse.
russia needs to worry about it's own collapse right now, not dream about America.

They're winning.

At what? How to speedrun a country's decline. Yeah they sure are winning this speedrun.

Yes they've lost a lot - but they're still winning.

Hahaha. Delusional rusbot talk. After five years of the glorious 3 days SMO you think anyone still believes such BS?

Like I said earlier. If you lie then at least try to make it believable because your current rhetoric is about as far as Pluto is from Earth.

 

[Endymio]

Almost five years later lets recap:
1. Only one of russia's strategic objectives accomplished - keeping Ukraine out of NATO.

That's all they demanded before the war began, and the sole demand they made to withdraw fully and end the war during the failed 2022 Peace Talks.

But that's not the only objective accomplished. They have the land bridge to Crimea, and in Donbass, they've expelled Ukraine entirely fully from Luhansk and some 85% of Donetsk.

2. The percentage of controlled territory by russians is smaller than it was in 2022.

Only if you cherry pick to the first month of the war, when Ukraine was able to force hyper-extended Russian forces to withdraw. Since mid-2022, Russia has continually gained ground.

3. None of the oblast's capitals captured and held.

LOL, what? Russia controls the capital of Lukansk, and the capital of Donetsk -- Donetsk city -- has been held by Donbass separatists since the year 2014, nearly a full decade before Russia invaded.

5. "Denazify" Ukraine. Whatever that means.

It's a term the US coined post WW2, to cover their policy of removing government officials in Germany, Austria, Poland, etc who supported Nazi policies during the war. Russia uses to in relation to the ultra-nationalist partisans who seized control of Kiev during the 2014 coup, and began allowing neo-Nazi paramilitary groups to attack Russian Jewish civilians in Donbass, promoting "ethnic purity" for Ukraine, and honoring neo-Nazi collaborators like Stepan Bandera as national heroes.

7. Over 90% depletion of massive (largest in the world) soviet stockpiles of tanks, APV's, APC's, IFV's, towed and self-propelled artillery, rocket artillery and air-defense systems along with the entire missiles stockpiles.

Um, no -- except for Soviet-era tanks, which this war has shown are entirely useless in modern warfare (Ukraine quickly withdrew from service the M1 Abrams we sent them, those that Russia didn't destroy, that is). As for artillery and missiles, Russia's stocks remain high, and as EUCOM testified to Congress last year, Russia is now producing more artillery munitions in a single month than all of NATO can per year.

8. Becoming the most sanctioned country on earth and losing hundreds of billions of income.

And despite those sanctions, the Russian economy in 2023-2024 grew *faster* than did the US economy.

9. Every day losing an operational oil refinery

Who told you something so absurd? Russian crude oil production today is 10.03 million barrels per day -- higher than when the war began.

What money. The orange fool...

Ah, you're an "Orange Man Bad" partisan. That explains why none of your 'facts' are correct.