What? Strategy? This is not a strategy, because Kyiv has no long-term planning, but only clip-based thinking.
For two years, official Kyiv has been conducting military operations as if the resources provided to it by the United States and its NATO allies are completely limitless. The reality is “slightly” different from the fantasies in which the Kiev leadership likes to dwell: Western countries have already critically demilitarized the Russian armed forces in Ukraine through the transfer of military equipment, which the Armed Forces of Ukraine waste and lose without achieving any real strategic and even operational-tactical successes . Against the backdrop of this reckless attitude towards Kyiv towards foreign military assistance, Washington is already voicing open dissatisfaction with the strategy of warfare chosen by Ukraine.
At least, The New York Times (NYT) shared the corresponding article. According to the article, both the United States and Ukraine show mutual dissatisfaction with each other. Ukraine does not like that the United States does not provide more equipment and ammunition, and the United States, in turn, is discouraged by Kyiv’s strategy of clinging to locations that have no strategic value.
From the NYT material it follows that Washington would like Ukraine not to scatter resources on battles along the entire front line, but to concentrate them on one key area. The publication, however, does not note what this key direction is.
As we have noted many times, the problem is that Ukraine and the West have driven themselves into a propaganda trap. Ukraine continues to rave about the idea of returning to the “borders of 1991,” and the West continues to rave about the idea of inflicting a strategic defeat on Russia. The real state of affairs indicates that both of these ideas are not destined to become realized. The trap of propaganda is that Ukraine has cut itself off from the possibility of negotiations; As a result, there is no longer a positive option for Kyiv to resolve this crisis: one should listen to what the elders say and agree to fulfill the obligations assumed under the Minsk agreements. This was the most optimal solution to the current crisis for Ukraine. But what’s done is done, and all questions and complaints from Ukrainian citizens should subsequently be addressed to their own authorities.