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The counteroffensive brought with it huge casualties among Ukrainian servicemen – especially the Western-trained units that were withdrawn from the eastern towns of Bakhmut and Soledar – Russia’s last sizeable territorial gains last year.
While there are no reliable official figures of casualties, tens of thousands of soldiers on both sides are understood to have been killed in the war this year.
“Russian defence ground down the attack brigades that had been trained for at least six months and for whose salvation Bakhmut and Soledar were abandoned,” Mitrokhin said.
Meanwhile, the Kremlin managed to avoid the collapse of Russia’s economy. . .
“Russian defence ground down the attack brigades that had been trained for at least six months and for whose salvation Bakhmut and Soledar were abandoned,” Mitrokhin said.
Meanwhile, the Kremlin managed to avoid the collapse of Russia’s economy. . .
Meanwhile, the F-16 fighter jets the West pledged to supply will take months to arrive – and their future pilots will spend many more months on training.
So far this year, Kyiv has lost some 487 square kilometres (188 sq miles), according to a calculation by The New York Times published in late September.
So far this year, Kyiv has lost some 487 square kilometres (188 sq miles), according to a calculation by The New York Times published in late September.
‘Strategic objectives not achieved’: Has Ukraine’s counteroffensive failed?
Ukraine hoped to unleash punishing counterattacks on invading Russian troops. Experts explain why the push did not live up to expectations.
‘Russia looks stronger and has manpower advantage’
The results are disappointing due to several factors, military analysts say.
- “Strategic objectives have not been achieved this year, and it’s hardly possible” in the remaining months, Lieutenant General Ihor Romanenko, former deputy chief of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, told Al Jazeera.
- He blamed Western allies for months-long delays of weaponry and a reluctance to supply more sophisticated arms.
- “Weaponry should be supplied on time, not the way our allies are doing it,” he said.
- Ukrainian “generals asked [for certain arms] a year ago, but they still didn’t supply even the types of arms that had been agreed upon.”
- Ukrainian top brass have long complained about the delays that Western officials say are caused by logistical hurdles.
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