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The Different Interpretations of the Russian Counter-Ofensive

Andrew Keen has spent the last few weeks visiting three separate sections of the front and talking to a range of people. He says he's tempted to divide different perspectives into three broad groups: Those who see Russia's defensive lines as if they're made of tin, those who see them as wood and those who imagine them as glass. The Ukrainians are prioritizing saving their men rather than pushing them, perhaps as fast as I think Western backers would like,. And that means a certain amount of caution, which is slowing things down. But surely eventually, and you hear a lot of military planners saying this, at some point this front line is going to shatter.

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