Plenty of people, all in the Alternative Media, predicted this failure before the counteroffensive even began. From Kyle Anzalone at antiwar.com:
Western officials attempted to blame Kyiv for refusing to push operations despite taking massive losses.
According to the Washington Post, the US intelligence community has assessed that Ukraine’s Spring counteroffensive will fail to meet its core objectives. Western officials said their war games had predicted massive Ukrainian losses, but that Kyiv would remain committed to the operations and gain the upper hand on the battlefield.
The Post reports it spoke with Western and Ukrainian officials familiar with the intelligence assessment. Washington declined to offer an official statement on the bleak outlook for Ukrainian forces.
Washington hoped Kyiv’s forces would recapture Melitopol, a Ukrainian city near the Sea of Azov in the country’s south. However, Moscow has several layers of defenses and minefields defending the town.
Western countries helped Kyiv conduct simulations of the counteroffensive, which began in early June, for several months prior to the operations. The US and UK concluded that Ukrainian forces would suffer massive losses but
Wow, they be all like intelligent and stuff.
I thought it was the Mystery Babylon Be at first.
Clown World is actually good for the morale as the laughter is gut busting and side hurting.
What isn’t funny is the all the KIA of both sides and no adults in charge to put a stop to it.
NATO membership for Ukraine is the red line in the soil for RF and it is just that simple.
The Donbas people grew tired of getting shelled and shot at long before 2022.
Rumors of fighter Wlaidmir Klitschko being put in place of Ziolensky as the weapons shipments roll right in after he stated that fists just don’t cut it against the Bear.
He was at the bottom of the Kagan/Nuland list so there is that.
Yes, I know, we won’t be voting our way out of it.