Early stages of Ukrainian counteroffensive ‘not meeting expectations,’ Western officials tell CNN

CNN via Yahoo ^ | June 22nd, 2023 | Jim Sciutto

[Mariner]

In its early phases, Ukraine’s counteroffensive is having less success and Russian forces are showing more competence than western assessments expected, two western officials and a senior US military official tell CNN.

The counteroffensive is “not meeting expectations on any front,” one of the officials said.

According to the Western assessments, Russian lines of defense have been proving well-fortified, making it difficult for Ukrainian forces to breach them. In addition, Russian forces have had success bogging down Ukrainian armor with missile attacks and mines and have been deploying air power more effectively.

Ukrainian forces are proving “vulnerable” to minefields and Russian forces “competent” in their defense, one of the Western officials said.

The officials cautioned that the counteroffensive is still in its early stages – and that the US and its allies “remain optimistic” Ukrainian forces will be able to make territorial gains over time. The US and its allies are likely to wait until at least July for a fuller assessment of the progress of the counteroffensive which was gradually launched over the last few weeks and is seen as crucial to determining who ultimately wins the war which was launched when Russia invaded last year.

In addition, these officials note that Ukrainian forces have themselves been adapting to Russian tactics and defenses, including carrying out more dismounted operations. In recent days, Ukrainian forces have also had more success targeting and shooting down Russian aircraft.

[Mariner]

It seems the Ukrainians are still unwilling to hasten their own demise to support the demands of their western masters.

[AAABEST]

They need to hurry up - Blackrock has big contracts lined up.

True story.

[fieldmarshaldj]

[imabadboy99]

globohomo neoCON zelensky puffers rejoice in the death of white Christians in a needless war

[Seaplaner]

Answer: Early stages of Ukrainian counteroffensive ‘not meeting expectations,’ Western officials tell

Question: What is the definition of the term "quagmire"?

[JonPreston]

Time to drop the guns and go home.

[bigdaddy45]

Well clearly its because they don’t have enough money!! The Pentagon needs to get cracking, find some old accounting errors, and start cutting checks!

[hardspunned]

What’s the deal? I thought Big Guy Bro Construction Co. was going to “rebuild” Ukeland like he did Iraq.

[srmanuel]

Remember a few months ago when the fighting was centered around Bakhmut with all the fighting done by the Wagner Group ??

The comments he on FR and elsewhere was the Russian military was incompetent and was not a formidable military

Well, eventually the Wagner group took Bakhmut while the regular Russian military was building up the defensive lines several layers deep that know exactly when Ukraine attempts to advance and unloads on them with rockets, artillery and air power, it is sheer suicide for Ukraine to continue this offensive without proper air cover

[PGR88]

I’m still waiting for Rachel Maddow at MSNBC to release the Trump Moscow Pee Tapes

In 2017, she said it would be released within 24 hours....

[T.B. Yoits]

How many conscripted Ukrainians would risk their lives for globalists such as Zelensky, Vindman, Jao Bai-din, Crackhead Hunter Biden, Nuland, Schiff, etc.?

[SaveFerris]

Exactly

[ssfromla]

...Ukraine’s counteroffensive is having less success and Russian forces are showing more competence than western assessments expected,

I don't know who they talked to because we all knew it would never be enough without more arms and money.

Isn't that how this carousel goes around?

[toddausauras]

This war will take years ...and could drain “our” treasury.

[lodi90]

Ukraine needs to hurry up because Brandon’s Trump policy busting Iran deal (that was brokered by Putin) is on hold because they won’t accept another Kremlin engineered genocide of the Ukrainian people.

[canuck_conservative]

revive the Partisans

effective and cheap!!

[RetiredTexasVet]

Whenever you don’t meet expectations or goals, the obvious answer is to lower them ... this method has proven successful in all communist regimes.

[Chewbarkah]

Turns out that armored vehicles without air support are vulnerable to helicopter gunships, drones, and mines. Who could have possibly foreseen that?

[McGruff]

That’s an understatement.

[Srednik]

Brothers and sisters, Srednik recommends Denys Davidov, The Enforcer, TVP World, Reporting from Ukraine, Reddit’s Combat Forum, Operator Starsky, Break the Fake for sources of information on the war. If you only want the top three, here they are in Srednik’s rank order: 1-Reporting from Ukraine, 2- Reddit’s Combat Forum, 3- The Enforcer.

For the Heavenly outlook on this, see Ezekiel 38 and Ezekiel 39. Amir Tsarfati will explain that to you.

S Bogom! (Go with God)