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Jälleen analyysia suomalaisilta asiantuntijoilta. Käytönnössä sota on pysähtynyt asemasodaksi.
Ukrainan aika loppuu kesken – "Epärealistinen odotus alun alkaenkin"
Sodan rintamalinjat ovat jumittuneet sijoilleen, eikä Ukraina ole saavuttamassa strategisia tavoitteitaan tänä vuonna.www.iltalehti.fi
Edit: toinenkin kommentti sattui löytymään.
Kommentti: Ukrainan toimien kritisointi on vaikeaa, mutta välttämätöntä
Ukrainan virheiden kritisointi on tarpeen Ukrainan menestyksen kannalta, kirjoittaa Iltalehden ulkomaantoimittaja Jari Himanen.www.iltalehti.fi
Kannattaa lukea tuo alkuperäinen BBC:n artikkeli mistä nuo Milleyn kommentit on. Maalaa aika erilaisen kuvan kuin tuo uutinen.
"The Ukrainians are still plugging away with steady progress."
Gen Milley said it was too early to say whether the counter-offensive had failed, but said Ukraine was "progressing at a very steady pace through the Russian front lines".
In the same interview, Adm Sir Tony Radakin, the UK chief of defence staff, said "Ukraine is winning and Russia is losing".
"That is because the aim of Russia was to subjugate Ukraine and to put it under Russia's control", he said.
"That has not happened and it never will happen, and that's why Ukraine is winning."
He added that Ukraine was making progress in its battle to regain its territory, having recovered 50% of the ground Russia seized.
Lisäksi Ukraina jatkaa hyökkäystä talven tullenkin.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66763868Autumn rains and winter cold do have an impact on the nature of the fighting, but the slowdown in Ukraine's offensive operations last year was more about equipment and ammunition.
Asked about the weather's impact, the head of Ukraine's military intelligence, Lt Gen Kyrylo Budanov, said on Saturday that "the fighting will continue one way or another".
He acknowledged it was harder to fight in cold, wet weather, but said it was a question of adjustment, not calling a halt.
Wheeled vehicles, he said, are more problematic in wet weather than tracked vehicles like tanks.
But he pointed out Russia's use of extensive anti-tank defences and kamikaze drones is just as challenging.
"So in the majority of cases, unfortunately, our offensive is walking on foot," he said.
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