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The Slow Progress of Ukraine's Air Defence Systems
There are a number of commentators out there saying that this advance is going too slowly for Ukraine. The fact that they don't have enough air defence systems, that they have to move at this snail's pace in order to protect themselves under this bubble of air defence. To what extent do you buy this analysis? Is this going to continue for many months in order for them to make these gains that you've said? I think it's probably three things: slow, methodical way of clearing your way through a three or four deep defensive belt. Link to that, right throughout this conflict, Ukraine has been very, very careful with the lives of its soldiers, in very stark contrast to the Russians