More than two months after the start of its counter-offensive, Ukraine still cannot report any successes. President Selensky and his supporters in Germany and the EU are in need of explanations.
For a long time, the situation was glossed over. But now the doubts about the success of the Ukrainian counter-offensive have also reached the mainstream, as we have shown with several examples from international media. In recent days, the concerns have become even louder. „Western allies are receiving increasingly ’sobering‘ updates on Ukraine’s counteroffensive,“ CNN reports. „This is the most difficult time of the war“.
Hope is also fading in the German media. Russia expert Alexander Gabuyev, for example, says in Der Spiegel that the Ukrainian offensive will probably not be enough to bring the Russian side to the negotiating table. „It all boils down to a war of attrition that will last for years.“
If this is so – and my sources in Brussels confirm this assessment – then some serious questions are pressing:
Why is the counter-offensive failing when, according to Nato Secretary General Stoltenberg, enough Western weapons have been delivered to „take back land“?
What happened to the Leopards, the Bradleys and other supposedly superior systems? So far, about 30 per cent have been destroyed – how can this be explained?
Why does Ukraine want more weapons, including outlawed ones? What advantage are Taurus cruise missiles supposed to bring where Storm Shadows are already in use?
What is the plan to turn the tide? Ukraine has changed tactics again and again but has not achieved an operational breakthrough. Is it because of the strategy?
Why are Western red lines being crossed – with attacks on civilian targets in Moscow and on oil shipments in the Black Sea? Can Selensky still be trusted?
Ukraine is in urgent need of an explanation.
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