An excellent thread on setting realistic media expectations for the counteroffensive.
TL:DR - The counteroffensive is not failing. It was never supposed to be a victory march — it’s a complex nonlinear process that requires time.
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Also, Phillips O’Brien’s weekend update is always good reading. This week’s money quote:
“If breaking through a strong position is practically impossible, then you must weaken the position, and the only way to do that is to kill Russian forces and destroy Russian equipment. There is no shortcut to this.“
https://open.substack.com/pub/phillipspobrien/p/weekend-update-35