‘There will most likely be no deep and beautiful breakthrough,’ says Valery Zaluzhny.

Russia’s war with Ukraine has become totally bogged down in the trenches, according to Ukraine’s top general.

And the prospect of a long war gives Vladimir Putin and Russia an advantage, Ukraine’s Army Commander-in-Chief Valery Zaluzhny said in a sobering interview with the Economist published Wednesday night.

In the five months since Ukraine launched an eagerly awaited counteroffensive, its troops have advanced only 17 kilometers through heavily fortified and mined Russian defense lines.

The counteroffensive has already disappointed many Ukrainian partners, some of whom are now demanding an end to military aid with the war deadlocked. However, the West’s cautious provision of weapons to Ukraine has allowed the Russians to mobilize thousands and fortify positions in occupied Ukraine, according to Zaluzhny.

  • Eheran@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Good thing is: the loses Russia has are everything but sustainable. Both personnel and materiel.

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      The problem is that this also takes a heavy toll on ukraine and requires a lot of external support. This new phase of the war could be seen as unprofitable, cutting off at least some of that support.

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      I was under the impression that Russia have slowly ground away the Ukrainian army primarily with long distance artillery. From what I’ve gathered, Ukraine have already sent boys, women, old men and those initially unfit for service to the front lines. Even those who paid bribes to avoid serving have been pulled in.

      Perhaps it’s just propaganda. Perhaps I should just read official, western media. We should be able to trust the statements of the western military, practically allies with Ukraine right? No well-adjusted member of society would accuse then of trying to sway people’s opinions about wars.