*[https://www.eurointegration.com.ua/eng/articles/2022/03/2/7135060/ Russia used to lose wars, says history.]
*[https://www.eurointegration.com.ua/eng/articles/2022/03/2/7135060/ Russia used to lose wars, says history.]
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*[https://markgelbart.wordpress.com/2022/03/02/list-of-wars-russia-lost-over-the-past-150-years/ List of Wars Russia Lost over the Past 150 Years] (Red ones are the military defeats), in a [[pyrrhic victory]] a country can "win" a war, but still get pummeled.
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*[https://markgelbart.wordpress.com/2022/03/02/list-of-wars-russia-lost-over-the-past-150-years/ List of Wars Russia Lost over the Past 150 Years] (Red ones are the military defeats),
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Any "victory" Russia achieves in the war in Ukraine in terms of land gained will be a [[pyrrhic victory]] (See: [[Essay: Russia is dying out. The war in Ukraine is making Russia's demographic crisis even worse|Russia is dying out. The war in Ukraine is making Russia's demographic crisis even worse]]).
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Any "victory" Russia achieves in the war in Ukraine in terms of land gained will be a [[pyrrhic victory]] (See: [[Essay: Russia is dying out. The war in Ukraine is making Russia's demographic crisis even worse|Russia is dying out. The war in Ukraine is making Russia's demographic crisis even worse]]). In a [[pyrrhic victory]] a country can "win" a war, but still get pummeled.