Ukraine's hopes for victory over Russia are disappearing - The Washington Post

About it writes The Washington Post. "It is difficult to ignore the feeling of despair in the Ukrainian corridors of power. It has passed almost two years after Russia has started its full -scale invasion, the authorities in Kiev continues to contact partners in the West: give us more weapons, more assistance, more political obligations," - It is in the publication.

It is noted that US officials and their Western counterparts expect that there will be a "lean" year, when the Ukrainian army is increasingly exhausted on the consolidation of its defense than on the de -occupation of the occupied territories. "The US view of the conflict is undermines by the Zelensky ambition of expeling Russia by October this year," the newspaper writes.

Last week, the officials of the Pentagon came with empty hands for a monthly coordination meeting with 50 countries regarding Ukraine, as the US future money was adopted by domestic policy. The reports indicate that on the advanced stocks of ammunition and artillery shells for many Ukrainian units end. "We are asked what plan we have, but we have to understand what resources we will have.

Now everything indicates that we will have less than last year when we tried to hold a counter -offensive but it didn't work out. If it will be Even less, it is clear what the plan will be. It will be protection, " - quotes the newspaper of the Ukrainian People's Deputy Roman Kostenko.

Analysts believe that Russian President Vladimir Putin is expecting a possible return to the power of Expatient Donald Trump, and that he can reduce Ukraine's support and be more friendly about the Kremlin's security problems in Eastern Europe.

According to the newspaper, the West has already spent its best chance to allow Ukraine to fully free its territory because the Western governments were slowly providing military support to Ukraine because of fear of provoked a possible escalation with Russia and carefully calibrated its support, which undermined Ukrainian military efforts.

"The United States and their partners refrain from supplying Ukraine Western production at a time when they had the greatest effect and forbade Kiev to use Western weapons to assign strokes for military purposes in Russian territory. Indeed, in the second year of the war, Russia built defense, mobilized hundreds of thousands of troops and transferred its industry to martial law.

The best window of opportunities for a clear and rapid Ukrainian victory disappeared, " - quotes The Washington Post of the international correspondent of Wall Street Journal. It should be reminded that in Kupyansk direction the grouping of Russian troops is concentrated with a number of 44 thousand people. In the area of ​​responsibility of OSHV "Khortytsia" 200 thousand Russian invaders were stationed.