Ukraine is getting crushed by Russia, and the situation is now desperate.
The situation in Ukraine is looking very desperate.
In a Spectator piece the author essentially pleads for Ukrainian authorities to save the troops there, rather than let them be “slaughtered” as in past encirclements, where obstinate Ukrainian commanders refused to yield land in order to callously rob Russia of its glory for as long as possible, at the cost of many troops’ lives.
Ukraine’s military command has not always managed to hold that balance, at times allowing its troops to be encircled and slaughtered rather than ordering a timely retreat. Today, that same choice between territories and lives is being made in Pokrovsk.
The only way to avoid a massacre once a retreat is ordered is for Ukrainian soldiers to slip out in small groups through the porous front line, abandoning all heavy equipment. As in Avdiivka and, more recently, in Russia’s Kursk region, some will have to stay behind to cover the withdrawal, facing certain death or months of torture in Russian captivity.
This past week the Ukrainian Armed Forces have faced an accelerating frontline collapse the likes of which we’ve never seen before, on virtually every major front. Breakthroughs have been reported everywhere from the Zaporozhye-Dnipro line, to Pokrovsk, Konstantinovka, Seversk, Lyman, and Kupyansk.
Ukraine is losing badly, but is this really a surprise? Did Ukraine ever have a chance against Russia?
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