US President Joe Biden (left) speaks at the House Democratic Caucus Issues Conference in Philadelphia, on March 11, 2022; Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (right) speaks in Kyiv, Ukraine, on March 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky; Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)
William M. Arkin, Newsweek: Why Joe Biden and Volodymyr Zelensky Won't Say Ukraine Is Winning the War
Joe Biden and Volodymyr Zelensky won't say it, and Vladimir Putin can't. But Ukraine is winning the war.
Russian propaganda leaflets fluttered from the sky north of Kyiv last week. "They are trying to force you to defend the interests of others!" they declared, encouraging civilian to resist service in the military. The leaflets labeled the local regime "tycoons," "gangs" and "terrorists," claiming that the war-makers were serving only their own interests in fighting.
One problem with these leaflets: they were addressed to "Citizens of the Chechen Republic!", intended for a different audience, from a different era, for a different war. Taken out of deep storage and shipped to Belarus, they were shot across the border by Soviet-era artillery, echoing an earlier time, representing a sloppy and uncoordinated war effort, speaking to no one.
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WNU Editor: The above post is saying the complete opposite on what I see and know is happening in this war. In the current environment and taking into account what the West is providing to Ukraine I do not see a pathway for Ukraine to change the direction of the war. The only thing that will change the situation is a massive escalation in military support from the West to the Ukraine Army, and a complete imposition of sanctions on everything from Russia.
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