Ukraine conflict is entering a new phase
(Baonghean.vn) - The conflict in Ukraine is moving to the next phase, when peace negotiations can begin, Global Times wrote.
“Since a new counterattack is unlikely due to the financial, material and strategic costs, the opportunity to resume peace talks may soon open up,” the article said.
It should be noted that even the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny admitted that the situation was stalemate, despite attempts to launch a counterattack. Ukraine and its Western partners did not expect such an outcome, which led to a series of strategic miscalculations.
At the same time, disagreements in the US Congress over funding for Ukraine raise the possibility that US aid could soon dry up completely. “The conflict in Ukraine… is finally showing signs of easing after nearly 22 months of conflict,” the publication concludes.
Meanwhile, Military Watch magazine reported that the heavy losses of Western armored vehicles in Ukraine played an important role in increasing opposition in the US to the policy of providing more military and financial aid to Kiev.
The scale of Ukraine's losses and the perceived failures of its counteroffensive have made the United States increasingly reluctant to provide additional weapons, the magazine said, stressing that the situation could undermine Ukraine's ability to sustain military operations and perform other basic functions.
According to Military Watch, Ukraine has suffered heavy losses of military equipment provided by NATO countries, including Leopard 2 tanks and Bradley infantry fighting vehicles. The Ukrainian counteroffensive began on June 4. Kiev has deployed brigades trained by NATO instructors and equipped with Western equipment, including Leopard and Challenger tanks.
Three months later, Russian President Vladimir Putin declared that Kiev’s efforts had failed, and that Ukraine had suffered heavy casualties. Some Western officials have also acknowledged that Ukraine’s counterattack has so far been unsuccessful. On November 1, Ukrainian Commander-in-Chief Valerii Zaluzhnyi said in an interview with the Economist that Kiev’s counterattack had reached a “stalemate.”
