The war effort in Ukraine is facing challenges as reports indicate a rift between President Volodymyr Zelensky and military leadership, including General Valerii Zaluzhny. The counteroffensive has been deemed a failure, with the Ukrainian and US military leadership criticized for miscalculations and underestimating Russian military strength. Divisions and political rivalries are emerging within Ukraine, with the war effort encountering stalemates that pose an existential crisis to the country's future. President Zelensky's leadership is under scrutiny, and there are indications of a shift towards defense as the war settles into a grinding stand-off.
The Washington Post analysis of the miscalculated counteroffensive in Ukraine 1. The US was deeply involved in planning Ukraine's counteroffensive, holding 8 major war games to shape the campaign. But ... 1/ https://t.co/zI7z87L4Oc
Divisions are growing within Ukraine, as some politicians publicly break rank with Zelenskyy after nearly two years of war against Russia. https://t.co/4ynEI2Z7SB
Miscalculations, divisions marked offensive planning by U.S., Ukrain https://t.co/y78blFMfA1
Vitali Klitschko's withering assessment of President Zelenskyy has revealed an underbelly of wider Ukrainian discontent. @BethanyAElliott argues that the faltering war effort has brought out the President's weaknesses 👇 https://t.co/xgZVlexbTE
Ukraine's (re)emerging political feuds could be a worrying sign the unity that has held the country together in the face of Russian aggression is beginning to crack, just as the war settles into a grinding stand-off after a disappointing counteroffensive. https://t.co/Z0bSYpwpHL
Power struggle in Ukraine: frontline stalemate becomes catalyst for political rivalry https://t.co/6lIsRZu8b5 https://t.co/Gfbq5SaAIU
Ukraine signals a shift toward defense as analysts ask whether 'failed counteroffensive' is over https://t.co/jT48e86Uhf
Meduza summarizes a report by Ukrainska Pravda detailing the apparently growing rift between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Ukraine’s commander-in-chief, General Valerii Zaluzhny. Politics is alive and well in Ukraine, even at war. https://t.co/XMx1NwHLb7
In three critical arenas — the halls of Congress, European capitals and on the battlefield — Ukraine's war effort has encountered a storm of stalemates that pose an existential crisis to the country's future. https://t.co/9ZHJrMKcLj
Things didn't go according to plan, Ukraine's Commander-in-Chief had to change tactics – WP on counteroffensive https://t.co/zXqk18OFkJ
Unraveling unity: challenges and doubts cast shadow on Ukraine's military and political landscape https://t.co/VhvKKwwYBQ https://t.co/k1GOn8JWxT
Washington Post: That Ukraine war we said would work? Yeah well it didn't. It's their fault, not ours. Not sorry. Miscalculations, divisions marked offensive planning by U.S., Ukraine https://t.co/vdfemnVVMW https://t.co/1s5DOgbINa
Key findings on failure of Ukraine's counteroffensive: 1. Ukrainian military leadership is largely incompetent/arrogant and was never up to the task 2. US military planners dramatically underestimated Russian military strength https://t.co/wD4RskAIWJ
Just in🔥 Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky is failing as a war leader and will soon be on his way out of the job, the mayor of Kiev Vitali Klitschko has said. This is moving VERY FAST! https://t.co/pDTvORULUF