Europe | War of attrition
Ukraine’s commander-in-chief on the breakthrough he needs to beat Russia
General Valery Zaluzhny admits the war is at a stalemate
Five months into its counter-offensive, Ukraine has managed to advance by just 17 kilometers.
- Russia fought for ten months around Bakhmut in the east “to take a town six by six kilometres”.
- Sharing his first comprehensive assessment of the campaign with The Economist in an interview this week, Ukraine’s commander-in-chief, General Valery Zaluzhny, says the battlefield reminds him of the great conflict of a century ago.
“Just like in the first world war we have reached the level of technology that puts us into a stalemate,” he says.
- The general concludes that it would take a massive technological leap to break the deadlock. “There will most likely be no deep and beautiful breakthrough.”
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