This seems like a wunderwaffen propaganda narrative, just like the Javelins that will end the war. Ukraine is failing. All of its major offensives have failed. It will continue to fail as the Gazan conflict has soaked up its primary source of armaments.
Russia is not a competent state. It's rife with corruption and skimming that will make the response to this heavily delayed. But what the article neglects to mention is that, in spite of this, Ust-Luga was repaired and reopened only a few days later, with Novatek resuming fuel loadings.
> This seems like a wunderwaffen propaganda narrative, just like the Javelins that will end the war.
The columns of wrecked and burned down Russian tanks and APCs beg to differ. Some of us still recall Russia hastily retreat from the north and North East of Ukraine because it failed to consider the effectiveness of Ukraine's defensise strategy, which owe much to the inflow of weapons like the Javelin.
> Ukraine is failing.
We're on year 2 of Russia's 3-day invasion.
Russia spearheaded it's invasion of Ukraine with troops carrying parade uniforms.
Ukraine sunk Russia's flagship and another half a dozen ships, and destroyed a submarine.
Russia is begging the US through back channels to at least grant a ceasefire in Ukraine.
Ukraine is holding on so well that Russia is depending on Iran and North Korea to keep it's war effort afloat.
Russia felt compelled to spark proxy conflicts to try to split the support away from Ukraine.
And now Ukraine is hitting Russia where it hurts: it's oil and gas industry.
What a weird definition of failing.
I wonder if you call Russia's invasion of Ukraine a success.
> I wonder if you call Russia's invasion of Ukraine a success.
Ukraine already lost 20% of its territory, territory it won't get back and hundreds of thousands of its men with nothing to show for it other than wreckage and devastation. More territorial losses are possible in the coming year. The after-effects will be present for decades to come turning Ukraine into a failed state.
Russia is not a competent state. It's rife with corruption and skimming that will make the response to this heavily delayed. But what the article neglects to mention is that, in spite of this, Ust-Luga was repaired and reopened only a few days later, with Novatek resuming fuel loadings.