Russia’s “Civil War” Evaporates as Ukraine’s Offensive Enters Week 4 (TheNewAtlas)

Update on the conflict in Ukraine for June 25, 2023:

- Ukraine’s offensive enters its 4th week with the line of contact relatively unchanged and having suffered immense losses;

- Western governments and commentators have been increasingly calling for more “wonder weapons” and even Western military intervention as prospects dim for Ukraine;

- The Wagner mutiny in Rostov, southern Russia was an ill-conceived gamble by Wagner’s figurehead Yevgeny Prigozhin;

- The crisis resolved itself within 24 hours with Prigozhin’s exile to Belarus and Wagner forces being fully integrated into the Russian military;

- Ukraine’s offensive potential persists, however, amid a war of attrition, territorial gains at the cost of men and machines brings Ukraine closer to defeat, not victory;



[Posted at the SpookyWeather2 blog, June 26, 2023.]