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December 8, 2023The failure of the counteroffensive is impacting moods in Kyiv.
This information comes from the BBC.
The long-awaited counteroffensive appears to have stalled, while the US and EU are making every effort to negotiate new financial and military assistance. Meanwhile, the world’s attention is diverted by the war between Israel and Hamas.
Official figures in Kiev seem outwardly positive but darker moods can be noticed.
Disputes and compromises are part of any political system but securing support from the West is becoming ‘more and more difficult,’ admitted Ukrainian MP Alexei Goncharenko.
Moreover, there are reports of tension between Zelensky and the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Valeriy Zaluzhny, who stated to The Economist last month that the conflict had reached a ‘deadlock’.”