[EEGator]

Against all odds? That wasn’t the initial narrative.

Anyway, Yellen says dead white people is good business.

[dfwgator]

Yes, they love those Brother Wars, with whites killing each other.

[AndyJackson]

inching.

I don't remember that being the narrative either. I seem to remember words like Russia collapsing.

[13foxtrot]

Junk article - chock full of propaganda rhetoric. It waits until the second to last paragraph to admit that the summer offensive has failed.

Barring a major shift in this picture in the remaining two months or so that are available before the autumn rains begin, the prospect appears to be for an ongoing, grinding, war of attrition in eastern Ukraine.