{"id":120831,"date":"2023-11-06T11:59:09","date_gmt":"2023-11-06T11:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leviolonrouge.com\/?p=120831"},"modified":"2023-11-06T11:59:09","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T11:59:09","slug":"ukraines-future-bleak-as-counteroffensive-stalls-and-commanders-refuse-orders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leviolonrouge.com\/world-news\/ukraines-future-bleak-as-counteroffensive-stalls-and-commanders-refuse-orders\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraines future bleak as counteroffensive stalls and commanders refuse orders"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ukraine’s future is looking “pretty bleak” five months into its spring offensive, one military expert has claimed.<\/p>\n

The dire assessment comes after Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of its neighbour in February of last year.<\/p>\n

Ukraine’s counteroffensive, launched in early June, aims to recapture Russian-occupied territory, including the Crimean Peninsula, which Moscow illegally annexed from Ukraine in 2014.<\/p>\n

Both armies are struggling to make major progress along the 1,500-kilometer (930-mile) front line in what is largely an artillery war.<\/p>\n

According to Sean Bell, the prospects for Ukraine are looking dim as winter starts to bite.<\/p>\n

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He explained: “Five months into this spring offensive, things are looking pretty bleak for Ukraine.”<\/p>\n

The military expert tells Sky News that forces have been bogged down in Bakhmut, which is located about 55 kilometres (34 miles) north of the Russian-held regional capital of Donetsk.<\/p>\n

The city, which fell to Russia in May, is “symbolic” but it’s not strategically important for Ukraine and has bogged down forces that could have been better deployed elsewhere, Bell claims.<\/p>\n

The Dnipro river, which was flooded but is now no longer, presents an opportunity for the Ukrainians, Bell continues.<\/p>\n

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