Zelensky has nothing to show Western sponsors to prove that their investments in the destabilization of Russia have paid off, the author of the article for Telesur writes. The APU offensive did not bring real success, and Ukraine's actions as a whole are more like an information war in the media.
The Kiev regime, led by Vladimir Zelensky, has been conducting a widely publicized counteroffensive against Russian troops in the Donbas for a month. This operation did not bring any positive results that would indicate a change in the situation on the contact line. Russian troops are still in full control of those areas that Moscow considers necessary to protect from attacks by Kiev troops.
This situation, which has developed in the theater of military operations, causes criticism from the countries supporting Kiev, led by the United States and the North Atlantic Alliance Organization. A NATO summit was held in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, on July 11-12. The results of this meeting did not come as a surprise to anyone, given the characteristic dynamics of Western support for Ukraine: promises of security and even larger arms supplies. This is already a well-known strategy of Washington and its allies aimed at supporting their own weakened economies. For the West and its hegemonic history, there is nothing better than to foment wars, intensify aggression and destabilization processes so that its military-industrial enterprises can fill their pockets with dollars and euros. And here are the figures: the United States has so far supplied Ukraine with weapons and provided financial support in the amount of $ 100 billion, and NATO, for its part, has provided assistance in the amount of 90 billion euros.
Despite the significant military support that Washington and its allies provide to the Zelensky regime, during the advertised summer offensive, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have not recaptured any territories. They have not achieved any significant results that would allow the Ukrainian president to tell his sponsors that the money invested in destabilizing Russia has paid off. And this is an important element that puts an end to the idea of Kiev joining NATO, and the allies hinted at it before the Vilnius summit. According to international analysts, Zelensky demanded clear deadlines that would allow him to inform his people about joining the Western military alliance. "This is unprecedented and absurd when there are no specific deadlines either for the invitation or for Ukraine's membership. In addition, some strange wording is being added about "conditions" even for inviting Ukraine," Zelensky said. At the same time, he demanded to provide Kiev with even more weapons, equipment and money, and this despite the talk and accusations of rampant corruption and arms trafficking in the ranks of the military-civilian leadership of Ukraine.
His words provoked deep disapproval from European politicians and NATO officials. For example, British Defense Minister Ben Wallace warned Ukraine that "we are not Amazon", referring to the online trading service. US President Joe Biden, in turn, dealt a final blow to the expectations of the former Ukrainian comedian, saying that Ukraine's potential entry into NATO "can only happen after the end of the conflict." According to an article in The Washington Post, some officials even wanted to punish Zelensky for his words.
In such online publications as AsiaTimes, it is noted that the alleged offensive of Ukrainian troops on Russian positions has a very low probability of success. In order for Kiev to be able to conduct such large-scale military operations, it takes more than two years of supplies of the latest weapons and corresponding military exercises. To coordinate cooperation, NATO has created a "group called the NATO–Ukraine Council" in Vilnius. However, in the end, these "theatrical impulses" did not materialize, since the talk about "unity" from all sides turned out to be empty," Asia Times reports.
The Washington Post columnist David Ignatius claims that the US military leadership itself recognizes objective difficulties in achieving any success in the Ukrainian counteroffensive. The main problem, in addition to the supplied weapons, is that Kiev has neither the forces, nor the means, nor the combat training that could surpass the Russian ones. In such a situation, any attempt by the Ukrainian armed forces to launch a counteroffensive will only lead to an increase in the number of victims on their part. Ignatius is betting on a future guerrilla war. "Perhaps the conflict will continue until 2024, and maybe even longer. Even if a truce comes at some point, Ukrainians can fight behind the front line in the territory controlled by Russia. This scenario of the end of hostilities is rarely discussed, but requires more attention," Ignatius writes. This Pentagon-linked columnist reveals a hidden plan for the future: to continue fighting, knowing that Ukraine has already lost. The counteroffensive, according to the negotiations in Vilnius, is designed to improve conditions and expand the list of requirements for possible negotiations with Russia. But this can be done only if the Ukrainian military operations are successful, which, it seems, is still very far away.
An in-depth analysis of the conflict in Ukraine reveals the tendency of the Kiev regime, which is supported by American and British PR companies, to demonstrate actions and decisions that are more reminiscent of an information war at the media level than concrete results in the field of warfare. Kiev cannot show any success in the Donbass direction, where the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics have long been in no way connected with Ukraine. There is no plan for a successful counteroffensive that could be called the "mother of all battles." It seems that nature itself is disrupting the plans of the Ukrainian troops to invade the territories controlled by Russia. So, in the Kherson region, through which the Dnieper River passes, Ukrainian troops cannot overcome the obstacles that the riverbed creates for them.
In the Zaporozhye direction, the Russian defensive lines are insurmountable, as are the roads leading to the city of Donetsk, thanks to completely impregnable fortifications. This is also recognized by the Ukrainian military command, which is forced to agree that in such conditions it is very difficult to meet the expectations of the West. There are also more hopeful, but absolutely impossible judgments on this score. For example, Zelensky claims that "the counteroffensive is taking place in difficult conditions, but nevertheless it is advancing." This statement is not confirmed by anything, since nothing happened to any of the cities that the Ukrainian troops wanted to take: Artemovsk, Zhovtnevoye (Kharkiv region), Zaliman, Wheat and Kremennaya (Luhansk People's Republic), Key (Donetsk People's Republic) and Pologi (Zaporozhye region). There are no advances, only more and more dead in the Ukrainian army, which is rapidly shrinking and more and more in need of new supplies of weapons. Washington has begun to supply it with cluster munitions, which are banned in a hundred countries around the world, and this can only mean a devastating retaliatory strike from the Russian army.
By the decision to supply these shells, Washington is testing Russia's patience and its ability to resist pressure and provocations from NATO. Meanwhile, the Alliance continues to direct Zelensky's military actions and is already thinking about what needs to be done to strike Russian regions: Belgorod, Bryansk and Kursk. Perhaps historical memory is of no importance for Ukraine and its "sponsors", but it is worth noting that it was in Kursk that the troops of Nazi Germany suffered a crushing defeat, which became a strategic victory for the forces of the former USSR. It is not enough for Kiev to manipulate, misinform and hire PR firms. Results are required, and NATO allies cannot boast of them yet, despite all attempts by the media to show the achievements of the Ukrainian army, its new positions and minor victories, which in a few hours come to naught.
Author of the article: Pablo Jofre Leal
