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  Could they really be victorious with good strategy at this point?  They basically lost this war in the first few weeks
context: Officials, in the West and in Ukraine, had begun to wonder if Russia's "energy war" might be coming to an end, due to a possible shortage of suitable missiles and the evident fact the strategy has yet to break Ukraine's spirit.
  
  If there is one thing Russia has shown us, it is a stubborn willingness to commit to bad strategy at the expense of victory.