![]() Putin neither understands, nor appreciates, the condition of his soldiers, as evidenced by a United Kingdom Ministry of Defense intelligence report claiming a unit from the Luhansk People’s Republic delivered a “declaration outlining their refusal to be deployed as part of offensive operations in Donetsk Oblast.” The report specified that they had “done their duty securing the Luhansk Oblast” but were unwilling to fight in Donetsk. 15, but his commanders on the ground lack sufficient combat power. Putin is still intent on capturing Donetsk, extending his deadline for that to Sept. Ukrainian forces are advancing along several axes in western Kherson Oblast and have also secured territory across the Siverskyi Donets River in Donetsk Oblast.” Russian ground forces are digging in however, their supply lines cannot sustain them, and they are losing ground. The Russian offensive largely has stalled and, according to the Institute for the Study of War, the “Ukrainian counter-offensive is making verifiable progress in the south and the east. Putin is in trouble and the alliance has a small window of opportunity to drive Russia out of Ukraine before winter sets in. ![]() The U.S., NATO and the EU need to put on their best game face and shut down this course of action now. The underlying assumption is that Europeans would choose warmth and comfort over Ukraine’s independence. ![]() Theoretically, the Kremlin’s strategic aim is to produce an energy crisis in the dead of a European winter to break the will of NATO from continuing to militarily and economically support Kyiv. Despite long-range weather forecasts to the contrary, Putin is gambling on a brutally cold and snowy winter like that of 1941, which helped derail the German army’s attack on Moscow during Operation Barbarossa. ![]()
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