How can an offensive have "failed" if more than 90% of forces are still training for the offensive? - Thomas Theiner
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(My first post here at Lemmy, IDK what to place in the "body")
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(My first post here at Lemmy, IDK what to place in the "body")
The offensive has failed to achieve the balloned expectations that came from talking about it non stop for months.
It is a result of current media climate.
At least in my country (Finland), most news sites have completely dismissed this incremental aspect of the counteroffensive. They have focused mainly on theorizing a few possible scenarios of how the offensive will go (breakthrough or not?), and each small event has been assessed in excruciating detail. Everyone has been focused on a single tank column blowing up etc.
Personally this was the first time I came across an explanation for why a more massive attack hasn't yet been initiated. Perhaps I follow the wrong news sites?
Check out The War Zone, they have some of the best coverage I have seen on the topic.