Saw a thread on reddit about a recent article in the Economist, but the article is locked down to subscribers only. The comments in that thread paint a very different picture from what I've been reading in my feeds and on here.
https://www.economist.com/europe/202...-on-not-to-win
Ukraine is now struggling to cling on, not to win
Russia is slicing through Ukrainian defences in parts of the battlefield
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“AFTER 970 days of war,” said Lloyd Austin, America’s defence secretary, visiting Kyiv on October 21st, “Putin has not achieved one single strategic objective.” And Mr Austin offered confidence: “Moscow will never prevail in Ukraine.” In private, however, his colleagues in the Pentagon, Western officials and many Ukrainian commanders are increasingly worried about the direction of the war and Ukraine’s ability to hold back Russian advances over the next six months.
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