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Two articles published this week give a stark assessment of Ukraine’s prospects in its war with Russia. One – by the commander in chief of the Ukrainian military – admits the battlefield has reached a stalemate and a long attritional war benefiting Moscow beckons. The other portrays Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as exhausted by the constant effort to cajole and persuade allies to keep the faith.
Ukraine’s military chief, Gen. Valery Zaluzhny, says in a long essay and interview with the Economist that “just like in the First World War we have reached the level of technology that puts us into a stalemate.”
He acknowledges: “There will most likely be no deep and beautiful breakthrough,” but instead an equilibrium of devastating losses and destruction.
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WNU Editor: The two articles the above CTV news report is focused on are .... Time - Ukraine President Zelensky ‘Feels Betrayed’ By The West (October 31, 2023) and Top Ukrainian General’s Pessimistic View On The War Fuels A Debate In The U.S. Congress On Providing Military Aid (November 2, 2023).
Time - Ukraine President Zelensky ‘Feels Betrayed’ By The West (October 31, 2023)
ReplyDeleteSimon Shuster told of his undying love for Russia. So many journalists have been murdered in Russia, but the shyster keeps his American passport and is scrupulously noncritical of Putin and Russia.
Very unbiased. For sure!
Macron looking good as Nazi
ReplyDeleteOh wait, slightly different ankle for the arm, but the rest - including his politics - spot on!! Big fan of his impersonating a tyrant, so convincing.