WSJ: Ukraine unlikely to launch new offensive before 2025

Ukraine may not be able to launch a major new offensive until 2025.

Source. This was reported by The Wall Street Journal.

Ukraine is switching to strategic defense after failing to liberate large areas during the summer offensive of 2023, the newspaper writes.

At the same time, economic and military support from the United States and Europe has been called into question, and political disagreements have arisen within Ukraine.

"Ukraine's ability to regain most of its territory is now in question, while Putin's militaryization of the economy has strengthened his position in the war and, more recently, in the diplomatic sphere," the article says.

The article states that Ukraine is severely exhausted by the war and that it needs time to recover.

The article was written in the Ukrainian city of Lyman, and its reportage states that both Ukrainian and Russian troops are preparing for a long defense in this area of the frontline, making long and deep trenches and erecting other fortifications.

However, such a positional war does not mean that the parties will not conduct maneuver operations, and the sea theater of war remains, the authors of the article note.

In any case, the WSJ notes, it is now clear that the war will be long.

Background. As reported, the United States plans to persuade Russia to negotiate with Ukraine by the end of 2024. To achieve this goal, according to Finer, the US and the EU will increase arms production and help Ukraine do so.