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    Berletic: What (more reasonable) Western Analysts Say Comes Next for Ukraine Archived Message

    Posted by sashimi on January 11, 2023, 8:05 am

    Some Western analysts have been providing a more accurate picture of the
    conflict in Ukraine than the general barrage of Western war propaganda. They
    seem to agree that:

    * There is no path for Ukraine to win militarily;

    * Russia is nowhere near as incompetent and ill-prepared as the Western media
    suggests;

    * Russia is not seizing territory because it is waging a war of attrition;

    * Ukrainian territorial gains may have appeared "spectacular" but came at the
    cost of huge losses in men and equipment;

    * Russia is bolstering both its manpower and defensive positions;

    * The loss of Kharkov and Kherson city has actually left Russia in a more
    advantageous position, more troops on a shorter line of contact;

    * Russian forces fighting in Bakhmut seek to grind Ukrainian forces down, not
    capture the city from them.



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    • Berletic: What (more reasonable) Western Analysts Say Comes Next for Ukraine - sashimi January 11, 2023, 8:05 am