Sunday, August 20, 2023

Is Ukraine Running Out Of Options To Retake Significant Territory This Year?

Ukraine running out of options to retake significant territory  

Washington Post: Ukraine running out of options to retake significant territory 

Ukraine appears to be running out of options in a counteroffensive that officials originally framed as Kyiv’s crucial operation to retake significant territory from occupying Russian forces this year. 

More than two months into the fight, the counteroffensive shows signs of stalling. Kyiv’s advances remain isolated to a handful of villages, Russian troops are pushing forward in the north and a plan to train Ukrainian pilots on U.S.-made F-16s is delayed. 

Ukraine’s inability to demonstrate decisive success on the battlefield is stoking fears that the conflict is becoming a stalemate and international support could erode. A new, classified U.S. intelligence report has predicted that the counteroffensive will fail to reach the key southeastern city of Melitopol this year. 

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WNU Editor: The official Ukrainian message/narrative is that everything is going as planned .... Ukrainian Commanders Confident About Offensive Despite Problems (New York Times). Outside of Ukraine the view is different .... As Ukraine counteroffensive gets bogged down, it’s back to the drawing board (Politico). 

As to what is my take. 

In the past week Ukraine has thrown the last of its reserves into its counteroffensive and the outcome continues to be the same ... they are still fighting over the same territory that they have been fighting for since June that has cost 50,000 soldiers and thousands of pieces of equipment. This is not what I call a successful counteroffensive. I am now even starting to read and hear reports that Ukraine has made the decision to prepare another army to launch a new counteroffensive in the spring of 2024!?!?!? 

Ukraine has run out of options to retake significant territory this year, and if I was advising the Kyiv government, I would tell them to be ready for a new Russian counteroffensive once Ukraine's counteroffensive ends which I will predict will happen in the coming weeks.

14 comments:

Anonymous said...

But that paper is MSM and we know they lie

Anonymous said...

I didn't want to do this. I really wanted to let the Russians live, but they leave us no choice. Send in the Fazman. May god forgive us all.

Anonymous said...

The 1994 secret operation that saved Crimea, and perhaps Ukraine, from Russian occupation

"The untold story of Ukraine’s covert operation 30 years ago to halt Russia’s attempt to occupy Crimea emerged in recently published documents. The records detail Ukraine’s restrained yet decisive actions."

So Russia was trying to dismantle Ukraine way before NATO expansion, which is there excuse to go Hitler on anyone and everyone.

Russia delenda est!

Phazman said...

The Soviet-era A-5 GAMMON S-200 surface-to-air missile system, which weighs 7.5 tons, is being used to strike Russia, the UK MoD says.

Ukraine Rejigs 36-Foot-Long Soviet-Era Missile to Hit Russia: UK Intel

Anonymous said...

Can’t win on the battlefield so let’s commit as much terrorism against the Russian civilian population as possible. Straight up Nazis parading around as victims trying to defend their country.

Anonymous said...

I really wanted to let the Russians live, but they leave us no choice. Send in the Fazman. May god forgive us all.

IF YOU HAVE NOTHING BUT SHIT TO SAY, SHUT THE FUCK UP AND INSULT SOMEONE IN YOUR OWN FAMILY YOU PIECE OF SHIT

roger29palms said...


Kinda tedious last sentence, 2:05PM.

Anonymous said...

111 blubberbutt

An intercepted missile or drone, which hits civilians, is not terrorism.

An un-intercepted missile or drone with a small CEOP, which hits civilians is probably terrorism. Do not expect the Russian GS3 equivalent to speak the truth.

Anonymous said...

CEP not CEOP

Anonymous said...

That BS excuse doesn’t seem to fly when it’s the other way around. And plenty of those drones that made it through hit shopping centres and civilian high rise apartments. Your talking right out of your arse

Anonymous said...

Yes, there is arse talking and it is all coming from you.

Anonymous said...

The Netherlands and Denmark announced Sunday that they will give F-16 warplanes to Ukraine, in a long-awaited announcement that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called an important motivation for its forces, which are embroiled in a difficult counteroffensive.

The timeline depends on how soon Ukrainian crews and infrastructure are ready for the powerful U.S.-made jets, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte told Zelenskyy as the two visited a Dutch airbase.

Anonymous said...

At the very least this could make a Hollywood blockbuster. His acting skills are incredible.

Anonymous said...

205 and 341 is a demented neocon rah rah. He has the mentality of a grade schooler who lost at a soccer game and is now having a conniption.

This is standard fare for him. If he replies to this post at all it will be with some retarded kid school ploy.