Temporarily Paused is the same as saying we are getting slaughtered and need to pull back or continue to commit suicide.
Ukraine is already dead. 80% of women under the age of 45 have left Ukraine and are never coming back, your nation is dead once that happens.
Offensive operations against a dug in enemy with artillery and air superiority has NEVER been a good bet in the history of modern warfare.
This is especially true when that enemy has had months to prepare and they have degraded your artillery capability. Last year the Russians fought a war they were ill-prepared for and the Ukrainians performed heroically in a mobile defense. This year, the Ukraine has been forced to fight a war on terms that favor Russia and it shows.
The Ukrainians cannot win a war of attrition against Russia. It does not make me “pro-Putin” to say this, it is just a tragic fact for both the Ukrainians, Russians, and my kids and yours.
Nuland needs to be jailed for war crimes. Completely useless war and the dead have no recompense.
Maybe they have finally figured out they can’t move armor without an air defense umbrella.
I think they figured it out early. I think they had to go anyway to prove it to the Western Nations who grew weary of sending equipment that they didn’t use.
Now, it’s obvious they need an air power to remove the Russians. This is what nobody who is rational wanted to happen, because they will quickly get enough fighters to be a real threat to Russia.
Stupid war with stupid prizes.
So much hype and investment into this counteroffensive ukraine has to win or the West looks like fools
no long range missiles = suddenly yes
no depleted uranium shells= suddenly yes
No F-16s = suddenly yes
A few F-16s likely won’t make a huge difference
Glide bombs and helicopter gun ships causing headaches
The next mission creep may be NATO (likely Polish ) troops in far westren Ukraine to free up Ukrainian troops to move to the front lines
How about telling the Hitler youth to go home and reform themselves?
Oh, Ok. Dang, they had my hopes up. 😗
They are pausing to advance logistics because of the gains they’ve made. /s
"Ukrainian forces may be temporarily pausing counteroffensive operations to reevaluate tactics"
Offense ain’t defense, and vice versa.
The last two weeks were shaping and probing actions. The main attack is still to come. Yahoo, ISW, and looking up what Colonel Grosberg actually said, all agree on this point.
Ukraine pausing Counteroffensive.
TRANSLATION:
They need more American Taxpayer Billions To Continue.