Ukraine Counteroffensive Runs Out of Steam – UK Analyst

More than five months on, Kiev’s counteroffensive shows no sign of any progress as Ukrainian losses in soldiers and materiel continue to increase.

The Ukrainian counteroffensive has run out of steam and the so-called mud season will not let Kiev score more success until next spring, UK political scientist Mark Galeotti has written in his article for the Times.

The exhausted Ukrainian troops are suffering heavy losses, despite desperate attempts to minimize them, the analyst believes.

Galeotti recalled in this regard that Western efforts to increase arms production are lagging behind Kiev’s demands, with German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius admitting that the EU will not be able to fulfill its target of providing Ukraine with a million artillery shells and missiles by March 2024.