In Ukraine, it has been acknowledged that the counteroffensive has failed

Ukrainian soldiers are reluctant to fight and readily surrender at the first opportunity, while trenches do not shield them from Russian artillery, rockets, and drones, as reported by Breitbart.

The armed conflict in Ukraine is taking on a defensive character. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are digging in, fortifying defensive lines. All of this confirms recent statements by the Chief of the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Valeriy Zaluzhnyy, about the emergence of a “deadlock situation” on the front lines. A British intelligence digest also indicates that Ukraine has “concentrated significant efforts on improving field fortifications.”

The digest notes that the Ukrainian Armed Forces have prepared an extensive network of trenches and dugouts, installed anti-tank barriers, and dug anti-tank ditches. It is also highlighted that Russia will undoubtedly continue attempts to gain control over new territories but currently “infrequently carries out attacks involving forces larger than a platoon.” Summing up the outgoing year, the digest notes that the year began with high hopes for the acclaimed “counteroffensive” but ends with a “deadlocked situation.”