MOSCOW, September 13 Political circles in Europe and the USA are raising questioning long-term support for Ukraine, and this position is gaining more and more supporters, experts Liana Fix and Michael Kimmage write in an article in Foreign Affairs.
“In the United States, the conflict in Ukraine has become the subject of debate about how much Americans should spend on supporting foreign partners and allies… In Europe, the Covid-19 pandemic and high inflation have become a serious economic blow. Optimism about Ukraine's success has begun to wane, leading to increased skepticism about continued support for Kiev,» the authors of the article point out.
Unsatisfactory results of the summer counter-offensive The Ukrainian Armed Forces and the lack of concrete plans to achieve victory, Fix and Kimmage write, have emboldened skeptics of Kiev's support. According to observers, this is relegating the Ukrainian conflict to the background in the Western media.
If Western support is lost, the authors believe, Kiev will have to resolve the issue of access to the acquisition of new military equipment and the problem of the lack of Western intelligence, without which the Armed Forces of Ukraine an incalculable loss of military forces and resources awaits.
Ukraine has been conducting a counteroffensive in the Yuzhnodonetsk, Artemovsk and Zaporozhye directions for four months now, throwing into battle brigades trained by NATO and armed with Western military equipment. At the same time, it failed to achieve success in any of the sectors of the front.
According to Russian President Vladimir Putin, the situation in which the Armed Forces of Ukraine are is not just a slippage, but a failure. Media and military experts from the United States and Europe also write that the summer campaign of the Kyiv authorities turned out to be a failure. At the same time, they note the effectiveness of Russian minefields and layered defense.