JRL NEWSWATCH: “Ukraine Adopts Slow Approach to Counteroffensive: ‘Our Problem Everywhere Is the Sky’” – WSJ
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“Swift loss of several tanks and infantry fighting vehicles has jolted Ukraine and its Western backers”
“Ukraine’s counteroffensive, launched at the start of June, is aimed at retaking some of the nearly 20% of Ukrainian territory occupied by Moscow. The West provided dozens of tanks and infantry fighting vehicles and trained thousands of Ukrainian troops for the campaign. … Kyiv’s political and military leadership has complained that slow and insufficient deliveries of Western weaponry left it no choice but to assault Russian lines without adequate air defenses, leaving troops and vehicles vulnerable. The Ukrainians are adapting and seeking to press forward in the south … around the eastern city of Bakhmut …. Advancing slowly and meticulously to preserve Western armor, the central aim remains reaching the Sea of Azov, cutting off Crimea and squeezing Russian forces out of the southern Kherson region. Most of the Ukrainian brigades trained and equipped by the West remain in reserve, waiting to strike. Officers are seeking to preserve precious Western equipment, from tanks to shoulder-fired Stingers, while still pushing forward. …”