With concern among allies seemingly growing, there is a lot riding on an imminent counter-assault on the Russians in the south
The last time “Luh” served in the military, he was a Soviet conscript, sailing the Arctic Ocean with the USSR’s northern fleet over four decades ago.
The war has settled into nearly static frontlines for several months, with Russian forces still holding nearly a fifth of the country, and the cost of military and financial aid to Ukraine apparently starting to worry some western allies.The coming months of fighting will show if Ukraine is able to come good on promises to reclaim all its occupied territory, after more than a year of occupation has allowed Russia to dig in extensive fortifications.
A former tattoo artist and a construction worker with dreadlocks were drilling veterans like Luh, alongside relatively new recruits. Ukrainian soldiers prepare for the counter-offensive, which is expected to start within weeks, if not days.Russian deaths are estimated to be at least double Ukrainian losses, and other casualties tens of thousands higher, but a draft law and recruitment from prisons have increased troop numbers., and fall “well short” of its goals for regaining territory, a trove of leaked defence documents revealed.
Still, the spiralling speculation is frustrating some top officials, who have called for patience, at home and abroad.
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