after one year of winning, it seems that now the ukrainians may no longer be winning ..
the story from an english news paper .. ok an opinion piece in a british news paper ..
Whisper it, but Ukraine may no longer be winning
Bad faith actors, such as Xi Jinping and Emmanuel Macron, are waiting for the first opportunity to force an unbalanced peace plan upon Kyiv
.. the fighting, especially in Bakhmut, has been very costly in artillery shells and missiles, depleting Kyiv’s reserve forces. ...
Armoured assaults against heavily defended enemy positions – which will define the Ukrainian offensive – are complex operations requiring extensive training and the ability to co-ordinate attack forces, combat engineers, air defence and air support. Yet the picture that emerged in the apparent leaks of classified Pentagon papers is one in which Ukraine will struggle to maintain these functions.
... The enemy have spent months preparing heavy fortifications against potential axes of advance and have been building up their own forces and combat supplies. So this offensive will be a very different proposition to the amazing successes last year at Kharkiv and Kherson against a thinly spread enemy that was willing to trade ground for time.
from memory, the narrative was that russia have been suffering humiliating losses.. but what have been the corresponding glorious ukrainian victories ?????
for those who missed the bit that watso highlighted, watso will repeat the relevant bit
the amazing successes last year at Kharkiv and Kherson against a thinly spread enemy that was willing to trade ground for time.
mmmm so the glorious ukrainian victories are where the russians were thinly spread, and willingly traded ground for time .. so not much of a glorious victory to Ukraine and not much of a humiliating loss to the russians
