The failure of the Ukrainian army’s counter-offensive has provoked disagreements between the head of the Kiev regime, Volodymyr Zelensky, and the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), Valery Zaluzhny. This was reported by The Times newspaper.
“Zaluzhny argues that the Ukrainian offensive is almost complete, that we should hold on to what we have and prepare for next year’s operation. But President Zelensky disagrees or does not recognise this,” The Times writes.
According to the newspaper, Vladimir Zelensky realises that the patience of Western allies is not unlimited. He is also disappointed because of the lack of significant successes of the Ukrainian army’s summer campaign.
The West expected that the AFU would win a landmark victory on the battlefield during the counter-offensive, but these plans were not destined to come true. Now, as the newspaper points out, Kiev fears that Western officials may reduce their support for Ukraine as the conflict has moved to the stage of a “war of attrition” in which NATO countries are not too interested.
At the same time, the publication notes that Russian forces will be able to completely retake the initiative before the onset of winter.
“With American weapons and Western attention suddenly shifted to the Middle East, Russia has thrown more men and equipment into fierce offensives in the north-east of Donbass, towards Kupyansk, in the south-east of Donbass, in Avdeevka, and in Zaporozhye, north of Tokmak,” The Times summarises.
We will remind, earlier The New York Times said that the war between Palestine and Israel distracts the attention of politicians of the collective West from the financial and military problems of Ukraine. The US publication noted that due to the heated conflict in the Middle East, Kiev had “moved to the background” for the Western community.