Ukraine’s troops withdrew from several areas of the country’s north-east amid mounting pressure from a new Russian offensive, as the president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, postponed all foreign trips underscoring the seriousness of the threat.
The moves came as the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, said Moscow’s latest operation was “going to plan” and Russian forces were improving their positions daily even as the US rushed to resupply arms and ammunition to Kyiv.
Ukraine’s chief of general staff said late on Tuesday that troops fell back from areas in Lukyantsi and Vovchansk near Kharkiv “to save the lives of our servicemen and avoid losses”.
Moscow launched a surprise major ground assault on the Kharkiv region last week as it sought to advance while Kyiv is struggling for arms and manpower.
It’s like world leaders want Russia to win; making a show of donating insignificant amounts of old weapons systems they had lying around, but actually doing enough to ensure Ukraine’s victory.
Ukraine had momentum and Republicans undermined our collective efforts.
The US isn’t the only one though, it’s the same everywhere except the countries that Russians have occupied.
The entirety of Europe has given more than the US by like… 20%. So losing the US aid meant nearly halving the total support.
The way i remember it, in mid-late 2022 there was bipartisan support in Congress for sending more and more advanced arms but the Biden admin slow-rolled it because of escalation fears.