I did not say Ukrainians do not ty to fight back, and with lcoal success, I say we hear little on their losses, and we see many reports from their troops in the field saying that they are beign outgunned and outdroned now.
The troops fighting in the field are the experts I respect most to assess how they do against russians now. And they voice a lot of frustration, and say they are practically under drone attack and drone surveillance now all day long, every minute, every hour. They say they can currently not compete with the numbers of drones Russia can field. And that Russia can repalces its drone losses much faster than Ukraine can. Ukrainainas imrpoivse their dornes. Russian mass-produces them on a now industrial basis!
I think it was OSINT that admitted already in the first half last year that they can no longer keep up with analysing the loss numbers and individually confirming them, they even wasnted to stop their work for that reason, and admitted that their numbers probably are no longer even near to reliability. And Ukraine wages propaganda wars, too, and Western intelligence will not give away bad news easily as well. Ukraine hides its own losses as good as it can, as does Russia. For example the losses and troops left behind in Avdijivka by now are said to have been several factors higher than was initially reported. The Americans no longer support their initial assessment that it was a well-planned withdrawel with no longterm strategic meaning. Ukrainian sources -witnesses - also confirm that it was a debacle unfolding in haste. A total mess.
I understand the official Ukrainian position and the motivation behind their propaganda. But nevertheless it is -
propaganda. They want to make the world believe what is most useful for them. And who wants to cdriticise them? They are standing with their backs against the wall, and their situation gets more desperate every week.
As I see it they are close to breaking point, and if there comes no miracle, it nwill happen this year. Reisner said a few days ago the Russian had increased in recent days the front sectors where they push enduring advances from 6 to 15, at the time he said that it was 6km deep and more . And the Ukrainians are super-short on ammo. That are 15 chances to achieve indeed a decisive break into the front that could lead to an operational breakthrough. And that in itself could break the Ukrainians' back.
And please nobody should start telling all the things again what the Russians are claimed they cannot do. If the prophets and optimits would have been rught, Russia would be economically broke by now, the ukrainians would stand at the sea of Asov and Russians would be fleeing in wild flight eastwards. Instead the Russians not only held their lines, but advance in at least 15 frontal sectors, and have practically neutralised all small territorial gains Ukraine scored last year.
Have people already forgotten what Zalushnji wrote in The Economist?
Obviously he saw something so alarming that he even risked the open confrontation with Zelensklji, his superior.
Colonel Reisner: "Wir lieben es, zu hören, was wir gerne glauben wollen." He does not talk that sort of sugar talk. Nor do I.