Ukrainian President Zelensky DOES have a rough decision to make soon….
With 80% of his country trying to resume some sort of normalcy ?
20% of his country is under Russian control and his troops that are alive in the South Eastern part of the country are taking causalities and humdreds more appear to be encircled by Russian forces…
The Russian’s already have hundred of POW’s….
The West is getting antsy about their economies ….
And the Ukraine could actually lose more territory the longer the conflict goes on…..
Zelensky has his best side forward for domestic consumption , but thisngs aren’t looking to good on th battle feild if reports are accurate …
Casualties are rising on each side as Russia makes incremental gains in Ukraine’s east, a senior Pentagon official said, with the U.S. announcing plans to send more weapons to Ukraine to defend against the Kremlin’s unrelenting bombardment.
Colin Kahl, the U.S. undersecretary of defense for policy, said Tuesday that four M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems sent to Ukraine so far are just the beginning. Ukrainian officials have been asking for the weapons for months, seeing them as important to achieve something closer to parity against a Russian military that relies heavily on artillery.
The destruction of the last bridge connecting the key city of Severodonetsk to Ukrainian resupply routes has left more than 500 people trapped inside in a chemical plant. Russia has offered to set up a humanitarian corridor Wednesday for civilians.
Here’s what else to know
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Mr. Zelensky’s government has asked the West for a vast increase in sophisticated weapons and tools, like rocket launchers, howitzers, drones and tanks. The increasingly desperate pleas appeared likely to put added pressure on 40 Western allies when they meet in Brussels along with Jens Stoltenberg, NATO’s secretary general, and the American secretary of defense, Lloyd J. Austin III.
Some Western officials say Mr. Zelensky may not have a viable strategy to win the war. The Ukrainians have had some success fighting at relatively close ranges, and the Russians have countered by relying on their immense advantage in longer-range artillery and missiles, pounding cities and towns to rubble before sending in troops.
But a war of attrition — Ukraine has been losing as many as 200 soldiers a day in the fighting — favors Russia for the simple reason that it has more soldiers to lose. And, Mr. Zelensky has said, Mr. Putin has shown he is willing to treat his own troops as “cannon fodder.”
But for now, at least publicly, the United States is endorsing the Ukrainian desire to keep up the battle…..