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Originally Posted by Playfair
So what is happening in Ukraine? I read that corruption is a huge issue.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-64401190
It is hard to get a fair honest read on everything that is happening. I saw a news segment where they said that Ukraine isn't doing that well, and I suppose that is fair in some areas. But I guess as battles go there is always back and forth. To get unbiased news is very difficult from my limited efforts anyways.
Hopefully this thing is resolved sooner then later. It is so sad that innocent people get thrown into political agendas regardless of who is right or wrong if you understand my thoughts there. The little guy always gets crushed by those who rule. |
They are losing ground in Luhansk and have come around to admitting it now.
Some analysts have speculated that the recent pledge for countries to supply more weapons came instructions that they had to abandon the Soledar and Bakhmut fronts for now. They weren't interested in seeing all their donated equipment thrown into a meat grinder.
I think Ukraine gets one more opportunity at a major offensive in the spring, and after that, they will be forced to the table or lose a lot of support. Things are probably pushed to the limits of what can be done without escalating to a direct conflict between NATO and Russia. As disappointing as it is, I think the main goal for NATO now is to give Ukraine as much power as they can at the negotiating table, and not a complete defeat of Russia.