Life in Kyiv
The LRB Podcast
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The Ukrainians Are Stuck Within a Short Distance of Their Start Lines
The offensive has now been going on for more than two months and the Ukrainians have barely got a few miles. They are still stuck within a short distance of their start lines. Russia has advantages that Ukraine has no real way of countering, particularly these helicopters which can fire very, very long range anti-tank missiles over perhaps 10 miles. The Ukrainians can't see them but they can kill the Ukrainians. So that is the task that the Ukrainians have set themselves.
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