Collision Resistance@lemm.ee to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoUS grows doubtful Ukraine counteroffensive can quickly succeed. Criticism of Kyiv’s strategy from American officials widens rift between allies at crucial time.www.ft.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkUS grows doubtful Ukraine counteroffensive can quickly succeed. Criticism of Kyiv’s strategy from American officials widens rift between allies at crucial time.www.ft.comCollision Resistance@lemm.ee to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square9fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareKrause [he/him]@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down3·edit-21 year ago ukraine is still in it and advancing But that’s just not true, in fact Russia is making gains on the north and south lines now (source for the map is the Institute for the Study of War: https://isw.pub/InteractiveUkraineWarMap) The Washington Post: Ukraine running out of options to retake significant territory The Economist: Ukraine’s sluggish counter-offensive is souring the public mood CNN: “Russians have a number of defensive lines and they (Ukrainian forces) haven’t really gone through the first line,” said a senior Western diplomat. “Even if they would keep on fighting for the next several weeks, if they haven’t been able to make more breakthroughs throughout these last seven, eight weeks, what is the likelihood that they will suddenly, with more depleted forces, make them? Because the conditions are so hard.” Almost like all you tankies want people outside the warzone to ignore ukraine and give up, stop sending arms Yeah I want the war to end so that Ukrainian and Russian workers stop dying for the American/European/Russian elites, is that a bad thing?
But that’s just not true, in fact Russia is making gains on the north and south lines now (source for the map is the Institute for the Study of War: https://isw.pub/InteractiveUkraineWarMap)
The Washington Post: Ukraine running out of options to retake significant territory
The Economist: Ukraine’s sluggish counter-offensive is souring the public mood
CNN: “Russians have a number of defensive lines and they (Ukrainian forces) haven’t really gone through the first line,” said a senior Western diplomat. “Even if they would keep on fighting for the next several weeks, if they haven’t been able to make more breakthroughs throughout these last seven, eight weeks, what is the likelihood that they will suddenly, with more depleted forces, make them? Because the conditions are so hard.”
Yeah I want the war to end so that Ukrainian and Russian workers stop dying for the American/European/Russian elites, is that a bad thing?