288. Jon Sweet and Mark Toth - Has Ukraine’s Counteroffensive Strategy Reached a Pivotal Inflection Point

Ukraine’s counteroffensive has reached a transition point – not a point
of failure, as it has been labelled by some commentators and media
sources. We are 20 months into a war that Gen. Mark Milley said would
last three days. Russian planners estimated 10 days. A Ukrainian
military once considered inferior to Russia’s has militarily defeating
Russians on every battlefield in Ukraine. They have killed more than
300,000 Russian soldiers, and according to Secretary of State Antony
Blinken, “recaptured half the territory that Russia initially seized in
its invasion.” That is not failure.
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Jon Sweet is an accomplished intelligence professional who served for 30
years within the Defence and Intelligence sector as an U.S. Army
Military Intelligence Officer. He is now a freelance author, contributor
and columnist for The Hill, The Messenger, Washington Examiner, Kyiv
Post and FOX News. He provides an experienced military perspective on
current world events.
Mark Toth is a retired economist, historian and entrepreneur and has
lived in US diplomatic and military communities around the world. Mark
writes on issues of National Security and Foreign Policy and is a
regular contributor to The Hill, BBC, Washington Examiner, Fox News,
Kyiv Post and The Messenger.
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ARTICLES:
https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/4299756-its-decision-time-in-ukraine-will-biden-make-the-right-choice/

https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/4133192-putin-is-losing-his-war-but-his-threats-of-armageddon-keep-working/

https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/4007441-the-collapse-of-russian-influence-is-widening/
https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/4202074-putins-kingdom-of-the-dead/
https://thehill.com/opinion/national-security/4166675-for-ukraine-its-crimea-or-bust/

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