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This is absolutely key. Us supporting the afghans wasn’t widely known until after the fact
Article:
President Joe Biden promised Volodymyr Zelenskiy unwavering US support as Ukraine’s effort to beat back Russia’s invasion nears its 11th month even as support from Republicans poised to take control of the House wanes. 
“The American people are with you every step of the way, and we will stay with you. We will stay with you for as long as it takes,” Biden said at the White House on Wednesday during a joint press conference.
President Joe Biden welcomed Volodymyr Zelenskiy to the White House on Wednesday, as the Ukrainian president sought to firm up US support for Kyiv’s defense against Russia in his first trip outside his country since Moscow’s forces invaded. 
Biden and first lady Jill Biden greeted Zelenskiy on the White House’s South Lawn shortly after 2 p.m. in Washington, as the Ukrainian leader began a whirlwind trip that will conclude with an address to Congress in the evening. 
“300 days, it’s hard to believe,” Biden told Zelenskiy in the Oval Office, remarking on the length of time that has elapsed since Russian President Vladimir Putin’s forces invaded. “300 days of going through this as Putin has waged a brutal assault on Ukraine’s right to exist as a nation and the attack on innocent Ukrainian people.” 
Biden said Putin is “trying to use winter as a weapon” by bombarding civilian infrastructure in Ukraine with missiles and drones, including power, heat and water supplies. 
“But the Ukrainian people continue to inspire the world,” he said. 
The US seeks a “just peace” in the conflict, Biden said. 
Zelenskiy told Biden in English that Ukraine controls the situation in the war thanks to US support. He thanked him “for your big support and leadership,” but cautioned that “the war is not over.”
The US president wore a dark blue and yellow tie, similar to the colors of Ukraine’s flag, and Jill Biden wore a lighter blue dress. Zelenskiy wore an army-green sweater and cargo pants, his customary attire in public since Russia’s invasion. Biden placed a hand on Zelenskiy’s back as they turned to walk into the White House.
Biden’s administration on Wednesday announced $1.85 billion in additional military aid to Ukraine, including a Patriot missile battery to help the country bolster its defenses this winter. 
“We’re going to strengthen Ukraine’s ability to defend itself, particularly air defense, and that’s why we’re going to be providing Ukraine with a Patriot missile battery and training your forces to accurately use them,” Biden told Zelenskiy, adding, “We stand with you. You’ve been a great leader.”
Zelenskiy will address Congress Wednesday evening after a meeting and news conference with Biden. Some Republicans have expressed skepticism or outright opposition to continued US support for the country.
His visit comes at a critical stage in the war. Ukraine has faced a barrage of Russian missile and drone attacks targeting its civilians and critical energy infrastructure in recent weeks, leading to power and water cuts.
Zelenskiy flew from Europe on a US government plane earlier Wednesday, landing at Joint Base Andrews outside Washington. 
He arrived at Blair House, where foreign leaders are accommodated across the street from the White House, just before 1 p.m. in Washington.
He has pleaded for more advanced weapons systems to blunt Russian attacks and for additional energy and economic support as his country’s people brace for a brutal winter.
While the new US aid package includes a single Patriot battery, which can hit missiles and aircraft at higher altitudes than previous weaponry the Biden administration has provided, it does not include weapons such as tanks or fighter jets that Zelenskiy and other Ukrainians say they need to continue to push back Russian forces.
In their meeting, Biden and Zelenskiy will discuss strategy on the battlefield and sanctions and export controls placed on Russia, as well as economic, energy sector and humanitarian assistance, according to a senior administration official who briefed reporters ahead of the trip. >

Ah! Thank you! >

Let’s just hope it doesn’t take longer than Biden is President >

Time IS of the essence here... >

Nah.  If Biden dies Harris will continue on.  Russia won’t last 2 more years with all this firepower going to Ukraine. >

Yeah, they will. They won’t make any ground though >

Nah they might hold stubborn for a few more months but they're facing equipment shortfalls as well as trade embargoes. The latter they're using to get around with shell companies but the amount of stuff they can get this way is far more restricted and easier to disrupt. 
They're running out of viable tanks, their own infrastructure is going to degrade till it begins to fail and eventually they're going to run out of supplies to maintain an expansive war such as this. 
Putin wont give up, it's the hard reality of his country coming apart at the seams that will force him out of the fight. >

I think you underestimate Ruzzia's capabilities and ties. Through rationing and good old fashion Russian meat shields, they can definitely sustain a 2 year conflict. they likely wont make any ground, but as long as there's not a coup and they have able bodied men they can keep it up as long as they want. >

The issue is they don't. People have been leaving Russia in droves my dude, and have been for a while. They've been forced to start letting people out of prison to fight in wars that they don't want to fight in. When you're at that point you're pretty desperate. >

Getting prisoners to fight in wars isn't desperation, it's just an easy pool of men willing to do a lot to get out of prison. Better incentive than patriotism.
Russia has plenty of boxes to throw in front of Ukrainian tanks, and their political structure is such they aren't likely to see revolution over the next year at least.
This war is a test for greater future conflicts. It's giving us a sense of how impactful modern tactics and weapons are. If Ukraine can really keep Russia at bay for years, or hopefully push them out of Ukraine, then I'll eat my words on Russia's threat.
They have 10s of millions of men you can throw in the field even outside of ideal age range and fitness, even if hundreds of thousands have already been drafted or fled.
I'm no Russian apologist. Damn them to hell.
But we should all be wary of any narrative that paints the Russians as so fundamentally corrupt and inept they can't fight their way out of a paper bag, which is a popular sentiment I see on these front page posts.
Wars have been won on throwing men into the meat grinder to exhaust the enemy. Homer Simpson proved that tactic already as a boxer. >

It’s not ww2 anymore old man, the future is now >

Yeah basically. At this point it seems like it will be pretty much impossible for Russia to win. The “we have more bodies” doctrine doesn’t matter when your enemy has more bullets, has multiple of your tanks, has a better equipped army by at least a few decades, and you don’t actually have more bodies. >

Great news. No coincidence that this is on the same day that Putin said Russia (he) would spend whatever it takes to win in Ukraine. Another arms spending race that he will never win, at great cost to Russia's citizens. >

It's basically the Soviet-Afghan War playbook all over again. USSR invades neighbor. United States provides arms, weapons and training to the locals to resist. USSR spends the next decade fighting a brutal war it can't win. The U.S. sits back and enjoys the view while Moscow destroys its own economy and military because it stubbornly refuses to admit its failure. >

Interesting parallel that I hadn't heard about before. >

Only difference is that unlike Afghanistan, I don’t think Ukraine is going to become quite the mess Afghanistan has become as of late >

We also aren't being shy about supporting Ukraine. Afghanistan, the CIA ran the show