Russia Ukraine war, page-196749

Ukraine’s military prospects are looking bleak, reports the New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/13/world/europe/ukraine-russia-war.html) today. And now, Russian troops are on the attack, especially in the country’s east. The town of Marinka has all but fallen. Avdiivka is being slowly encircled. A push on Chasiv Yar, near Bakhmut, is expected. Farther north, outside Kupiansk, the fighting has barely slowed since the fall.

After failure of the Summer offensive, the Wests narrative shift claimed the stalemate as a victory. But it's becoming evident that we're not in a static war. “The Russian advantage at this stage is not decisive, but the war is not a stalemate,” said Michael Kofman, a senior fellow in the Russia and Eurasia program at the Carnegie Endowment for International. Ukraine could retake the advantage by 2025, or it could start losing the war without sufficient aid.”

Optism that continued Western military aid of the AFU seems entirely unwarranted as Russia continues to ramp up both production and contract soldiers. The AFU's hoped for recruitement goals of 50k over the next 3 months with 30k a month after that, are unrealistic and those "recruited" are unlikely to become useful soldiers. This frustration was expressed recent in a public statement by Zaluzhny.

@Slavyangrad

Corporals Andy and tangs Klink will have a meltdown....."they know nuffink, ukraine is winning as twitter said so."