A blame game is brewing in Kyiv as Ukrainian forces struggle to break through Russian lines, highly-placed sources have told Newsweek.
Ukraine's long-awaited counteroffensive has—so far—proved underwhelming, his troops winning back slivers of land in the south and east of the country at high cost. The Ukrainians are reportedly inflicting withering losses on the Russian defenders, but six weeks into the operation, Moscow's multi-layered defensive network is yet to break.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky attends a bilateral meeting with President Joe Biden during the G7 Leaders' Summit in Hiroshima, Japan on May 21, 2023. Zelensky is facing pressure from Western partners to deliver battlefield success, but his troops pressing the ongoing counteroffensive face myriad challenges.
Asked if underwhelming battlefield performance might precipitate changes in the Ukrainian military command, the source responded:"I haven't heard anything specific, but one can envision something like that."Newsweek ; a network of defenses built out since late 2022, initially under the direction of General Sergey Surovikin.in the rural minefields and cratered treelines of Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia regions have been a boon for Russian officials and media, who have consistently—and unconvincingly—reported the emphatic defeat of Ukrainian offensive efforts.
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