How The West Allowed Russia To Regain The Initiative
The 11-month war in Ukraine has developed in three stages, and the “pattern of delivery of Western aid has powerfully shaped” the course of the war, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) said on Sunday. The first period of the war was defined by the think tank as from February 24, 2022, when Russian forces invaded, until July 3, 2022. In this first phase, Russian forces were on the offensive, but then Ukrainian resistance fighters “seized the initiative and began large-scale counteroffensives in August....