Ukrainian offensive didn’t break through Russian lines and result in taking of large scale territory and settlements, but Ukrainians are doing way better than Russians were during their own winter offensive. In the last 12 months the only pieces of Ukraine Russians were able to take was Soledar and Bakhmut, Ukraine liberated more land in the past 8 weeks than Russia advanced over in the past 12 months.
The Ukrainians are being slaughtered at an unsustainable rate. All the party propaganda organs are aligning with the new narrative of “We did everything possible, Stiletto Heels dropped the ball”. CNN, NYTs, FOX, WP, NY Post have, in the last week, ran multiple variations of that new narrative. The ground is shifting under the Z man’s feet. The neocon nightmare: Peace breaks out, negotiations, oh my!