Putin's Kharkiv offensive an unequivocal failure

[Cypress]

Ukraine's defense of Kharkiv 'unconditional success,' says ex-Polish defense minister​

Russia's offensive in Kharkiv Oblast has failed and is an "unconditional success of the Ukrainian army," former Polish Defense Minister Janusz Onyszkiewicz said on July 2.

In an interview with Ukrinform, Onyszkiewicz said it raised hopes that Moscow's forces would not launch another offensive in northern Ukraine, including an attack from the territory of Belarus.

Russia launched a new offensive on May 10 in Kharkiv Oblast, where it managed to advance as far as 10 kilometers (6 miles) before Ukraine halted the advance at the first line of defense.

Ukraine's defense of Kharkiv 'unconditional success,' says ex-Polish defense minister

In an interview with Ukrinform, Janusz Onyszkiewicz said it raised hopes that Moscow's forces would not launch another offensive in northern Ukraine, including an attack from the territory of Belarus.

kyivindependent.com

 

[Walt]

Russia was doing OK, when the Republicans had cutoff aid from the Ukraine. They were making slow advances. Now that aid has been restored, Russia is doing less well.

That opens up a question, could trump really defeat Ukraine? trump says he could end the war in Ukraine in hours, by forcing Ukraine to surrender because of lack of aid. Ukraine does not seem willing to surrender no matter how dire the circumstances, so it would take longer than a few hours. The threat alone is not enough to force Ukraine to surrender.

And it would clearly take months or even years of lack of aid for Russia to win the war. That would be time for the Ukrainians to get more aid from Europe, and to develop weapons themselves. I am not saying they will win anyway, but they might. And even if they lose, it would take a long time.

Obviously, all that time would be spent by the Russians in genocide. And it would show the rest of the world that trump cannot be counted on.

 

[Hawkeye10]

The Russians are not trying to take land, they are demilitarizing Ukraine and breaking the will of the people to fight as proxies for the Dying West.

The claims in the OP are nonsense.