Opinion | Don’t second-guess the Ukrainian counteroffensive. It’s just starting.

Columnist Max Boot writes: "The Ukrainian counteroffensive is less than a month old and already the murmurs of defeatism are starting, with unnamed “Western officials” telling CNN that it is “not meeting expectations on any front.” Even Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky concedes that the counteroffensive is going “slower than desired.” In truth, the plodding pace of the advance should not be a surprise or a cause for serious concern, yet."
Title: Opinion | Don’t second-guess the Ukrainian counteroffensive. It’s just starting.
URL: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/29/ukraine-counteroffensive-russia-war-west/
Publisher: Washington Post
Date published: June 29, 2023
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Columnist Max Boot writes: “The Ukrainian counteroffensive is less than a month old and already the murmurs of defeatism are starting, with unnamed “Western officials” telling CNN that it is “not meeting expectations on any front.” Even Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky concedes that the counteroffensive is going “slower than desired.”

In truth, the plodding pace of the advance should not be a surprise or a cause for serious concern, yet.”

Title: Opinion | Don’t second-guess the Ukrainian counteroffensive. It’s just starting.
URL: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/29/ukraine-counteroffensive-russia-war-west/
Publisher: Washington Post
Date published: June 29, 2023
Description:

Columnist Max Boot writes: “The Ukrainian counteroffensive is less than a month old and already the murmurs of defeatism are starting, with unnamed “Western officials” telling CNN that it is “not meeting expectations on any front.” Even Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky concedes that the counteroffensive is going “slower than desired.”

In truth, the plodding pace of the advance should not be a surprise or a cause for serious concern, yet.”

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