While Ukraine has consistently surpassed the world’s expectations in how it has fought Russia over the last year, it’s fair to say Kyiv’s ongoing counteroffensive has hit more roadblocks than expected. On FP Live this week, former CIA analyst Andrea Kendall-Taylor explained why: Russia’s troops are heavily entrenched; Moscow has planted deadly mines across vast swathes of land; and Kyiv has yet to commit a large part of its forces. But a lot could yet change in the coming weeks.
The backdrop to all of this is a “bittersweet” NATO summit for Ukraine, according to Kendall-Taylor. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was disappointed that NATO didn’t guarantee Kyiv a pathway to membership but he also won important security guarantees from the G-7 and other nations. Russian President Vladimir Putin, meanwhile, has “done a very good job at quelling the threat” of mutiny after the June 23 Wagner rebellion.
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