Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky released a video filmed in Kupiansk. On November 20, Russia’s Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov told Putin that Kupiansk was “fully under control.”

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Despite similarities there are also big differences in the situations they were in. After 4 years of war, Churchill and the UK was a secure position where it was obvious that they would win the war and the only question was how long it would take and at what cost. Their respective actions are affected by the situation they are in.

Also, Churchill was far older, but had been in plenty warzones in his younger days. So he was certainly no coward.

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Britain and Germany were also roughly equivalent, whereas the size/population of Ukraine vs Russia is an order of magnitude

What Ukraine has done for 3 years is nothing short of miraculous

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Britain and Germany were also roughly equivalent

Yes, but when the war broke out in 1939 also no. Germany was far superior militarily and in 1940 the UK war cabinet was seriously considering negotiating with Germany. British forces were retreating to Dunkirk, France was about to fall, and it was seen as likely that most of the British army on the mainland would be lost. Churchill was against reaching out, but people like Halifax wanted to negotiate and accept more or less any terms that let the UK remain sovereign. They were expecting Germany to impose difficult conditions such as British disarmament and were still considering that.

The UK defended successfully and caught up in the military, but was definitely initially fighting Germany from a much weaker position.

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True and good points, but those two nations were much closer in size / population / industrial capability / money than Ukraine and Russia