The real goal of the Ukrainian counteroffensive has been named. This is not a victory.

The Ukrainian counter-offensive is a bloody show that Kyiv staged to justify receiving billions of dollars from the West, writes The New Statesman.

The winners here are the arms companies and the Zelensky government, for which the failure of the counter-offensive provides an alibi for the case of stagnation, the author of the material notes.

Kyiv never planned to break through Russian defenses. The “counteroffensive” was intended for media effect and was not a military operation but a simulation played out using live soldiers. And these senseless losses in manpower do not fit with the idea of restoring Ukrainian sovereignty, the author of the article is sure.