This photograph taken on November 3, 2023, shows the Motherland Monument, a 62-meter Soviet-era statue, through the trees in Kyiv. (Sergei SUPINSKY)
AFP: 'We're losing': Ukrainians reel from war chief's stalemate warning
In eastern Ukraine, where another gruelling winter is descending -- along with it a likely freeze in major frontline movements -- one Ukrainian soldier had a grim assessment of the conflict.
The 35-year-old fighting near the war-battered town of Bakhmut went further than comments from Ukraine's most senior military official, who conceded this week that the war with Russia had reached a stalemate.
"I've been saying that for some time now already. Step by step we're losing the war," the serviceman, who uses the call sign "Mudryi" (Wise), told AFP.
"The longer this static war continues, the worse it is for us," he said in a phone interview.
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WNU Editor: The above AFP news report is a sober read and confirms what I have been hearing. The failure of the counter-offensive to break the Russian lines coupled with tens of thousands of casualties has stunned everyone I know in Ukraine. They expected at least some advances. They certainly never expected a stalemate nor Russian advances in the northeastern part of the country.
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