Western media have finally change course. They are now admitting that the much promoted Ukrainian counter-offensive has failed. In fact, the acknowledge that it never had a chance to win in the first place.
The Hill, the Washington Post and CNN now agree that the Ukrainian army will never achieve its aims.
western MSM has a rare encounter with reality!
That makes it difficult for the Biden administration to get Congress approval for $24 billion in additional 'aid' to Ukraine. It does not make sense to pay for a cause that is evidently lost.
b seems overly hopeful regarding the rationality of US congress, but i think hes right- why would we throw more money at them, US politicians have made it clear they do not support bringing Ukraine into NATO if they do not win this conflict. of course, US politicians are prone to lying and misleading
Nothing has come from the 'peace conference' which Saudi Arabia arranged on Ukraine's behalf
lol. lmao even. props to big dog MBS for trying
Despite the onslaught of bad news the Ukrainian army is still trying to take Russian positions in the south and east of Ukraine. But it simply does not have enough in men and material to break through the lines.
Even if they would manage to get a local breakthrough there are not enough reserves to push for the necessary follow up. Just one of the NATO trained brigades has still been held back. All others have been mauled in their various deployment zones.
nothing has changed it seems
In the northeast around Kupyansk the Russians have started their own offensive which has the Ukrainians on the run. Ukraine has ordered the evacuation of the area
But Kupyansk is a Russian city and people refuse to leave.
show this to the libs claiming Russians are committing genocide in the regions they capture. curious that these civilians are content with Russian occupation when you believe what western media claims
The Russian campaign is slowly speeding up. As the Ukrainian Strana.news reports (machine translation):
Also in Ukraine, it is recorded that from Kupyansk to Bakhmut, Russia has increased the number of attacks.
"Over the past month, the total number of attacks in the Kupyansk, Limansky and Bakhmut directions has grown significantly. In July, during the week there were 6-6.5 thousand attacks, during the last week-9 thousand attacks, " - said the representative of the National Guard Ruslan Muzychuk.
According to him, the Russian Federation does not experience "shell hunger".
Aviation is also actively used, and over the past few weeks, more than 50 air attacks have been taking place every day, and sometimes more than 80.
That is bad news for the Ukrainian side which lacks the reserves to counter the Russian onslaught. There are also less weapons coming in from the West. F-16 fighter jets will be delayed for another nine months due to training issues. Tanks and other material are in short supply.
these supply issues sure bode well for the west’s performance in WW3 
Strana also report of an interview with a knowledgeable Ukrainian soldier (machine translation):
Continuing the topic of the situation at the front, an interesting interview was given by a Ukrainian sniper fighting near Bakhmut with the call sign "Grandfather". On the air of political scientist Yuri Romanenko, he was introduced as Konstantin Proshinsky (this is a pseudonym).
The fighter spoke in detail about his vision of the situation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the Russian army.
- Mobilization. In his opinion, it is conducted incorrectly. Recruits are sent to the front who have never been trained, and they are often over 50 years old and with a whole bunch of diseases.
- No rotation. The soldier says that "the same brigades" are fighting at the front, and people are not taken out of the front line for six months or more. Whereas by Western standards, they can be kept in a war zone for no more than three months.
- Behavior of mid-and high-level commanders. According to Proshinsky, many of them are trying to arrange a "mini-Stalingrad" on the positions, forcing them to go into frontal assaults on well-fortified Russian positions.
- The Russian Army began to fight better.
- Proshinsky believes that Russia has not yet used much of what it has against Ukraine.
The soldier thinks that the Russians will not move from their positions and that a stalemate peace like in Korea would be the end result.
UAF in real dire times— recruiting the elderly, poor logistics, engaging the enemy at inopportune times, and Russia has yet to waver
I believe that to be wrong. Russia's aim is to liberate at least the four regions that it has claimed for itself. For political reasons it can not stop before that is done.
Should the Ukraine continue to fight after that, Russia is likely to set new aims and take more land.
more editorializing, but it doesnt seem unreasonable. i thought Russia would stick to its original goal of Donetsk and Luhansk, but if Zaporizhzhia and Kherson are receptive to Russian governance, it would be foolish for Russia to give them up
let me help you find your own comment
i don't really care if you think hunter biden is 'at least cool' for 'doing drugs'. drug prohibition is for the poors. every rich oligarch in america is on various types of cocaine. the bidens earned money by putting themselves at the head of companies seized by their political influence as american oligarchs. they are now using the american war machine to defend that cashline. that you think criticizing the bidens is somehow a bad thing in itself is quite revealing.
the fact is that since the ukraine war is being led by the american liberals, the reactionaries have had a good record of their ineptitude. and inept they have been. that's all we use these sources for: understanding the front. I hate people like alexander mercouris and MoA because they are reactionaries. you think they are untrustworthy because they hate the american oligarchs you favor.
the sleeves are yours. you're the one wearing them. and the word 'liberal' are written all over them.
I never suggested such. I don't give a fuck about them.
Fuck liberals and fuck you for calling me one. I may not be as steeped in Leftist culture as you (I freely admit to not recognizing some of your references), but I'm far from a center-right, center-left, centrist dem lib bullshitter. I want the same things you do (more or less), which is a reasonable system where we take care of people and it's not possible to exploit others. I may not be able to articulate some ideas that you can, but I found myself on this side only during the pan when previously I was a lib. Fuck you if you fault me for still finding my way.
People here are already aware of what places like MoA are. We've discussed, litigated, and straight up joked about their brainworms. We've used them in limited capacity nonetheless, because there's a tendency in American wars for the political affiliation of the president to warp coverage entirely. The Iraq and Afghanistan Wars were lauded by conservative and denounced by liberal media. The Syria and Libya Wars were, likewise, lauded by liberals and denounced by conservatives. This sort of partisan hackery means that, sometimes, the other side of the aisle has a vested interest in covering failures of American foreign policy in ways that are closer to the truth. Yet the word closer is doing a lot of heavy lifting here. The right has it's institutional spinsters and is also full of grifters. The same incentives are there for them to add in their editorializing of the facts, to push their agenda. Moreover, the American right wing is truly enamoured with Russia as some sort of conservative meccah, with which they can make common cause against liberals, the jews, the globalists, and, ultimately, China.
These are all things we are perfectly aware of. To a more intimate degree than you do. We are the ones reading these battlefront reports and rolling our eyes when someone says 'actually Germany is deindustrializing because they are extreme left environmentalists'. Which is why you've come across as a asshole liberal who is only interested in bashing leftists. And also because you've cited MoA's post about the Bidens being corrupt something to be shocked at. Of course they are corrupt. Biden is the Reagan of financialization, he's the architect of Delaware as a fiscal paradise. He didn't get where he did for nothing.
You might think you pwned me, but I'm not interested in your opinion because you've been a dick. I'm not reading this reply because I don't give a fuck about your opinion.
it took you 4 days to respond and tell me about how bad i made you feel
yeah, you totally didn't read my 'opinion' on how you made yourself an ass by bashing the entire comm talking about things we already know
btw joe and hunter biden should be prosecuted. nobody cares you think they are cool.
I sometimes have a life outside the internet. I wasn't seething for four days because you destroyed my worldview.
I didn't read your wall of text because I don't value your opinion. You're an ass.
I don't think Joe or Hunter are cool. I made a throwaway comment about Hunter living a drug life that I'd actually envy if I had nothing more to live for.
Blow me.
how civil
Having a life and responsibilities that preclude me from being an expert when I'm new in a space isn't something for which I need to apologize. I seek education and to better myself. The backbiting that I often hear one voice on the Left refer to as a constant problem for the Left has never been so apparent to me before you sought to fuck around with someone who might share similar politics rather than to help bring along.
Anyway, I'm done responding. You clearly have nothing to gain other than to antagonize.