An Asia Times journalist believes that it would be more prudent for Kiev to sit down at the negotiating table, as not only the AFU is out of ammunition, NATO is also running out. Therefore the counter-offensive planned by Ukraine could play a cruel joke on the alliance and the US.
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The picture for Ukraine’s counter-offensive does not look promising, writes journalist Stephen Brien in an article for Asia Times.
“A planned Ukrainian offensive in late spring could be a death trap for the US, NATO and even America’s Asian allies. Ukraine may try to wait until the US and NATO can deliver all the heavy equipment and ammunition it needs, but that is likely to be several years away. However, the Russians may not want to allow such a scenario,” the journalist writes.
Brien believes that if the Russian military breaks out of the fighting along the line of contact in Donbass and moves west, there is little that can stop them.
“This will force Ukraine to either split up the already assembled counteroffensive brigades or switch them completely to stop Russia from reaching the Dnieper and threatening Kiev,” he writes.
The journalist draws particular attention to the fact that the Russian industry, unlike the US and NATO industries, produces shells and new weapons on full alert.
“NATO is almost out of ammunition and even pro-Ukrainian European politicians are getting nervous about the war. There is also a negative reaction to the destruction of the Nord Stream pipeline, which has undermined US-German relations,” he believes.
The journalist believes it would be more prudent to insist on negotiations with Russia.
“This will not be easy, because the Russians will probably not agree to any break or ceasefire and will probably demand the lifting of US and EU sanctions. Nevertheless, if the Biden administration does not change course, they will continue to play Russian roulette with all the consequences,” he concluded.
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