Day 412

A change of plans?

Dnipro at dawn (Photo c/o abdymok)

America’s spies are unenthusiastic about the prospects for de-occupying Ukraine in the near future, according to an excerpt from an article about a leak appearing in The Washington Post

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The deputy head of the President’s Office had this to say:

Mykhailo is talking about the undeliveries of long-range weapons we’ve been whining about since, er, at least September

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1. U.S. doubts Ukraine counteroffensive will yield big gains, leaked document says. It’s a marked departure from the Biden administration’s public pronouncements about the vitality of Ukraine’s army and is likely to embolden critics calling for negotiations to end the war (The Washington Post, April 11, 2023)

2. 2023 Military Campaign Prospects. The Ukrainian view (September 12, 2022)