There does not seem to be much interest in the conflict in Ukraine….has it lost it’s prime position in the MSM and blogs?

Well I will not ‘let it go’ for I am still pissed about all the money and time we have invested in a conflict that we basically created.

For instance….what about all the weapons and equipment we have sent to Ukraine….so how is the ‘counteroffensive’ going?

Not as well as you would think (I believe this is why the MSM has moved on to something else)….

Ukrainian forces have still made no breakthroughs against Russian forces in the counteroffensive despite sending thousands of more troops to the front for a renewed push in the southeast, POLITICO reported Tuesday, citing unnamed Pentagon officials.

US officials said last week that the “main thrust” of the Ukrainian counteroffensive had begun and that Ukraine committed NATO-trained forces it was holding in reserve. The push was focused on Zaporizhzhia, and the idea was to sever the land bridge Russia has secured to Crimea, and there have been attacks in other areas along the front.

The POLITICO report said that Ukraine committed 150,000 troops to the assault along three axes of attack, but Pentagon officials said the operations have not yielded significant results, with one saying Ukrainian gains are being measured by the hundreds of meters.

“They are making mostly small, incremental gains,” one official said. “They are still facing stiff Russian resistance — second and third layers of defenses.” The report said Ukraine is still keeping some forces in reserves.

The Wall Street Journal recently reported that Western officials didn’t believe Ukraine had enough weapons or training to dislodge Russian forces but hoped they would be able to break through anyway.

(antiwar.com)

Speaking of training….after over a year of massive intense training of Ukrainian troops and they throw it all that aside…..

Western-trained Ukrainian troops are abandoning US tactics in their counteroffensive to seize back territory from Russia, The New York Times reports.

But the counteroffensive is making slow progress, with troops encountering heavily defended Russian positions, protected by minefields, helicopter gunships, and artillery fire.

Ukrainian units are now ditching plans to attack Russian positions head-on using complicated Western maneuvers and are instead wearing the enemy down with artillery and missile barrages, the Times says.

But having received only weeks of training, it said Ukrainian forces were reverting to more familiar methods.

“The problem was in the assumption that with a few months of training, Ukrainian units could be converted into fighting more the way American forces might fight, leading the assault against a well-prepared Russian defense, rather than helping Ukrainians fight more the best way they know how,” Michael Kofman, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace told The Times.

Some Western equipment is also proving ineffective. Western battle tanks and infantry fighting vehicles gifted to Ukraine were not able to get through the rows of Russian mines on the front lines, slowing down their much-anticipated counteroffensive.

Analysts believe Russia wants a protracted conflict that would enable it to wear down Ukrainian resistance and international support for Ukraine. 

(businessinsider.com)

Onto more important stuff….Amusing that no one wants to call it what it is…..a stalemate.

I agree tactics need to change but tactics that can lead to a lasting ceasefire (I do not believe a peace will be possible).

Hey do not believe the facts….just keep throwing money at a situation that has no solution as it is today.

Wasted money and wasted time….about time we Americans starting realizing it….

The majority of Americans oppose additional spending on the war in Ukraine, according to a CNN poll that was released on Friday.

The poll was conducted by SRSR from July 1-31, with a sample size of 1,279 respondents. It found that 55% of the respondents say Congress should not authorize more spending on the war in Ukraine, while 45% say more funds should be authorized.

When asked if the US has done enough to support Ukraine, 51% said yes, and 48% said more should be done. The results show how support for the policy of backing Ukraine against Russia has waned as the conflict has dragged on. A poll conducted when Russia first invaded in February 2022 found 62% of respondents thought the US wasn’t doing enough.

When asked about what type of support the US should provide Ukraine, only 17% of respondents favored sending in US troops for direct combat operations against Russia, which could quickly spiral into a nuclear war. The most popular type of support was assistance with intelligence gathering (63%), followed by military training (53%) and providing weapons (43%).

(antiwar.com)

This illustrates the the people and the Congress are not on the same page…..and special interests will win out every time.

But not to worry Ukraine there is more free stuff headed your way.

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