DD Geopolitics

08 July 2023 06:47

🟠 The Art of War: Unraveling Ukraine's Failed Counter-Offensive and Russia's Tactical Logistic Leniency

The dimming embers of Ukraine’s faltering counter-offensive signify a critical crossroad, a juncture between survival and the catastrophic dissolution of an aimless, everlasting conflict.

The ongoing 'counter-offensive' launched by Ukraine, now in its final hours of the first month, appears to have been largely a futile endeavor, incurring substantial costs with minimal gains. Its attacks against Russian forces stationed in the southern oblast of Zaporozhe, parallel to other conflict zones, have so far failed to deliver any notable strategic victories. Indeed, even those who ardently support Kiev's efforts are beginning to voice doubts about the capacity of Ukraine’s armed forces to penetrate Russia’s complex and highly fortified defensive line - a daunting landscape of minefields, tank traps, trenches, and impenetrable concrete bunkers.

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