Early stages of Ukrainian counteroffensive 'not meeting expectations,' Western officials tell CNN | CNN Politics
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In its early phases, Ukraine’s counteroffensive is having less success and Russian forces are showing more competence than western assessments expected, two western officials and a senior US military official tell CNN.
  • 133arc585@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    I think the expectation was for the counter offense to be fast and severe.

    Only if you’ve been chugging western propaganda. It was pretty clear beforehand, and has been very clear since it “started”.