Ukraine's commander-in-chief has conceded that there have been few gains in Ukraine's five-month-long counteroffensive to retake Russian-occupied territory.
Ukraine's commander-in-chief has conceded that the war against Russia has reached a 'stalemate,' with few successes and advances in Ukraine's five-month-long counteroffensive. Likening the current state of conflict to World War I — in which many long and intense battles were fought over, at times, a few miles of territory and at the expense of huge numbers of men — Ukraine's General Valery Zaluzhny said the war had reached an impasse.
Ukraine has repeatedly said it needs longer-range weapons, more air defenses and its own airpower to be able to fight Russia effectively. While its allies have donated massive amounts of equipment, decisions over further tranches of weaponry, such as tanks, have been tortuous affairs and supplies slow to materialize. Zaluzhny told The Economist that he had made a mistake thinking that he could stop Russia by bleeding its troops. 'That was my mistake. Russia has lost at least 150,000 dead.
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