F-22Raptor
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Ukraine will likely be the first pro West country that lost to an actual nation state since the start of US global hegemony, following Afghanistan, the first US ally to lose against a non state actor.
If Ukraine fell, then trust towards US ability to make it's allies stay afloat will be questioned.
Russia has already strategically lost this war. Russia is unable to even control the Donbas, a scaled down goal after their retreat from Kyiv, Kharkiv, and Kherson.
500K casualties, almost 17K+ equipment losses and burning throughout their Soviet stocks with no end in sight.
Russia has lost