America's top general said he's not surprised that Ukraine's much-anticipated spring counteroffensive against Russia hasn't progressed as rapidly as some analysts and commentators might have predicted.
’s much-anticipated spring counteroffensive against Russia hasn’t progressed as rapidly as some analysts and commentators might have predicted., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said war on paper and the “real” war experienced by soldiers on the ground are entirely different.
The Ukrainian commander has publicly expressed his frustration over public criticism that his troops are moving slower than anticipated against dug-in Russian fortifications in occupied eastern and southern Ukraine., who is fond of historical analogies, noted that Allied progress after the Normandy invasion of World War II went much slower than anticipated at the time.
Ukrainian troops are advancing steadily and deliberately — 500 to 1000 yards per day — as they make their way through a heavy tangle of barbed wire and minefields that Russian troops placed in their path, Gen.said. Expectations had been high because a Ukrainian offensive last fall had proved a major success, reclaiming several major cities that had been in Russian hands since the February 2022 invasion.
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