Kyiv’s forces may be temporarily halting their operations to ‘re-evaluate their tactics’

 via Evening Standard

The Wall Street Journal similarly reported on 17 June that Ukrainian forces “have mostly paused their advances in recent days” as the command in Kyiv re-examines tactics.

Washington-based think tank the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) said in its latest update on the war that these reports are consistent with their recent observations of the scale and approach of localised Ukrainian counterattacks in southern and eastern parts of the country.

It added that “Ukraine has not yet committed the majority of its available forces to the counteroffensive operations and does not yet appear to have launched its main effort.”

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They go on to add that we haven't see the majority of available forces.

Why?

Because they're trying to keep morale up in the West.

The reality from my chair?

You don't piss away limited resources even in probing attacks.  You have a finite number of tanks, apcs, etc.

I posted a tweet from a politician that said the Ukraine ran into a steel wall.  MANY ON THIS BLOG said all kinds of nonsense.  He was right and so was I.  This counteroffensive has been feeble as fuck.  Pausing is the right thing to do.  Men die in war.  We understand that.  Wasting their lives on fucked up strategy is sinful.