# Russia - Ukraine: end of war predictions **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** ukraine-invasion\ **Created:** [May 11, 2026, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-ukraine-end-of-war-predictions/1030002 "2026-05-11T16:30:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 61
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2026, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-ukraine-end-of-war-predictions/1030002/61 "2026-05-25T16:08:25Z")
Note this quote is from another thread: > [@Russia invades Ukraine -- The regional situation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-invades-ukraine-the-regional-situation/995349/1708): > > Is this going to be a repeat of the Eighty Years War between the Netherlands and Hapsburg Spain? Or does modern industrial war have built-in limitations that just can’t go beyond six years at most? IMO … Full bore tooth and nail combat simply can’t last more than a very few years before munitions and the treasury are both exhausted or one side is decisively overrun. But … Modern industrial warfare can also be left in a low intensity barely ticking over mode for decades. Trading irritant level destruction that largely hobbles the economic potential of the area in dispute. Or it settles into a fully frozen conflict of hate, guerillas, and the occasional little green men. The limiting factor for an e.g. 80 years war is more likely political now. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/russia-ukraine-end-of-war-predictions/1030002)._