While counteroffensive of the Ukrainian Armed Forces began on several fronts, in west Someone begins to doubt the implications of this military campaign. Anonymous bloc officials supporting Kyiv and a US soldier told CNN that the counter-offensive is currently “does not meet expectations“.
Russia appears to have built defenses capable of withstanding the effects of the Ukrainian advance. And, again, according to officials interviewed by the US channel, the defensive tactics of Russian troops Missile attacks, minefields and more precise use of air forceswould slow down operations significantly. It is still an early stage for these officials and it is therefore difficult to make definitive judgments. The same sources say so Washington and the allies “stay optimists“, confident that, despite the initial obstacles, the troops of Volodymyr Zelenskyy You will get the desired result.
However, the signal coming from the United States suggests that doubts are beginning to creep in in some parts of the Washington and bloc apparatuses Born. And it’s an issue particularly dear to Kiev, aware that the success of this summer campaign may affect not only eventual victory over the invading army, but also the maintenance of steady Western military and economic support for the Duration of the campaign war. Therefore from the Ukrainian capital, despite the Fog With war affecting all operations, senior officials are beginning to weigh up what is expected of this counteroffensive.
President Zelenskyy said in an interview with the BBC. sure of final victory but he also admitted that progress on the battlefield “appears to be”slower than expected“. Mykhailo’s commentary is harsher Podoliak, adviser to the head of the President’s Office, who said via his Twitter profile: “Real war is not a Hollywood blockbuster. “The counterattack is not a new season of a Netflix series” and that “don’t expect action and buy popcorn”. The message appears to be aimed at the very officials who leaked their doubts to CNN. Podolyak then emphasized in a very critical tone that “the time lost in convincing our partners to provide the necessary weapons can be seen in the Russian fortifications, deep defense lines and minefield systems built during this time”.
The same opinion is shared by Prime Minister Denys Schmyhal, who stated that the counteroffensive includes both offensive and defensive operations and that during the period the campaign was being prepared, Russia also took countermeasures to improve defenses in the occupied territories . The impression is that Ukraine are currently playing two different but closely related games. One on the battlefield, where Kiev, despite Russian resistance, still claims to recapture some villages in the east of the country and apparently has its sights on the Zaporizhia region, but also the Kherson region in the direction of Crimea. According to analysts, the attack on the Chongar Bridge, which connects the Black Sea peninsula with the rest of Ukraine, can be read as the prelude to an operation towards the southern front.
Instead, the other battle Zelenskyy fought is in the diplomatic arena, where the government wants to avoid giving in to the bloc supporting its war effort. The NATO summit on July 12-13 in Vilnius could already be a turning point. Kiev could try to produce tangible results in the weeks leading up to the summit, thereby presenting itself to the new NATO-Ukraine Council with the stuff needed to ensure maximum support from a West that has failed in its condemnation of the invasion yields but does not also appears to be exploring the alternatives to full-scale conflict.
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