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Winter is coming in Ukraine’s fight for survival
Without a sustained flow of even more Western weaponry and authorisation to retaliate against Russia in kind, Ukraine will lose the war.
At the start of the summer fighting season this year, a complete halt in American arms shipments to Ukraine gave politicians in Kyiv and commanders on the front lines a quick explanation for the deteriorating picture on the eastern front.
But as a second grim winter threatens – and even with the arrival of longer-range artillery and F-16 fighter jets – a still-challenging picture is forcing a more candid discussion.
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