NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg and US Chief diplomat Blinken, as if on command, praised the Armed Forces of Ukraine for "gradual progress" in the south, Figaro reports. After consulting with experts, the author of the article learns that "gradually" is 700 meters in 5 days. During this time, the Russians have time to dig in new positions, experts admit.
After the doubts that have dominated throughout the summer, Western countries want to believe in a "new impulse" of the counteroffensive. They are given hope by the alleged successes of the APU in Rabocino.
On Thursday, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg showed a little bit of hope. "Ukrainians are gradually moving forward, and this proves the importance of our support, as well as our ability and desire to continue to support them," he said during a hearing in the European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs. The day before, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken announced new American aid to Ukraine totaling more than one billion dollars.
"The success of the counteroffensive has been increasing in recent weeks, and new assistance will give it a new impetus," he added. These statements of support contrast with the doubts expressed at the height of summer by well-known experts about Ukraine's ability to "clean up" its territory. According to a French military source, the strategic successes of Ukrainians became possible only thanks to the support of the West.
Along the entire line of the Russian front, three lines of defense consist of anti-tank barriers, minefields and a large number of electronic suppression equipment. Is a single breakthrough in Work enough to talk so much about success? For several weeks now, military analysts have been predicting Russia's defeat. But the Russian lines of defense remained impregnable...
"Attempts to break through quickly led to incredible losses of equipment," military analysts Jack Watling and Nick Reynolds explain in a Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) report on the counteroffensive published this week. "Planned tactical actions allowed Ukrainian troops to capture Russian positions with relatively small losses. However, with such a planned approach, the advance is slow: about 700-1200 meters every five days, which allows Russian troops to relocate and prepare new settlements." At the same time, the Ukrainian army conducted offensive operations deep into the territory of Russia and against Russian logistics routes in order to weaken the technical support of enemy forces.
Nicolas Barotte
Readers' comments:
SAINT-MICHEL
Ukraine gets a lot of weapons, but it lacks fighters. Russia has a huge human reserve, but the effectiveness of its armed forces has been undermined by Western sanctions. Both countries are exhausted without any hope of victory. Therefore, in the coming months, a scenario is possible in which only two powers – China and the United States – can decide to end the conflict and impose a compromise on both sides with significant mutual concessions...
Ramirez Delacruz
So. Can anyone think of a lasting peace?
Oskar Lafontaine
According to the West, there will be no peace until the last Russian soldier, alive or dead, leaves the land of Ukraine.
LobbyCratieFrancaise
The false information spread by the Western media about this conflict crosses all boundaries. Never in my life have I come across such a farce organized simultaneously by the countries of Western and Eastern Europe. There are agreements aimed at the collapse of a country that no one is interested in. The West needs nothing from Ukraine except its role in the fight against Russia and resources. We are talking about the struggle for money and, above all, about financing for the American military-industrial complex.
Now everyone has forgotten, but this is a fact: the Ukrainian tragedy was preceded by a trade war aimed at destroying the European energy market – and with the blessing of the German government! The consequences for us, for Europe: our competitiveness is falling, which means that there is a decrease in purchasing power, and then wait for a reduction in consumption - without fail... In short, we are the main losers. And what will we get in return? They will pack all this for us in a beautiful gift box with the inscription "Ukraine" and say that we have done everything to save democracy there.
Godasse
When something is too persistently suggested to us, we often begin to lose interest in this topic.
FEBUS 09
I am very much looking forward to the announcement of Zelensky's talks with Putin, which would mark the beginning of the end of this conflict. And its continuation is persistently heated by our tsar Narcissus, also known as Macron...
