Western officials speaking to The New York Times blamed Ukraine’s struggling counteroffensive on Kyiv’s tactics, saying Ukrainian troops are too spread out.
US officials said that Ukraine’s primary goal is to sever Russia’s land bridge to Crimea but that Ukraine has placed its troops and firepower equally along the entire front, in the south and the east.
The report, published on Tuesday, is the latest example of the West trying to pin the blame for Ukraine’s failures solely on Kyiv, even though it was clear that the US and NATO did not believe Ukraine would have much success but pushed for the counteroffensive anyway.
The Times report said that as a result of Ukraine’s tactics, there are more Ukrainian troops near Bakhmut and… in the south near Melitopol and Zaporizhzhia.
The report said the US had advised Ukraine to focus on pushing toward Melitopol.
🔗Source:Antiwar.com
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