NYT: Ukraine is short on ammunition and men, and the war is looking more and more like a modernized version of World War I

The New York Times has published a report  from the front line in Ukraine, which describes the plight of the Ukrainian military, their fatigue, lack of ammunition and the numerical superiority of Russian troops.

"The Russian army is neither good nor bad, it is just big," the journalists quote the Ukrainian military as saying.

At the same time, Russia is using its advantages: its population is three times larger than Ukraine's, and its military industry is already working at full capacity.

According to the newspaper, the state of affairs at the front resembles "a deadly dance of technological advances on both sides that cannot break the situation. As a result, the conflict looks like a modernized version of the Western Front of World War I: one mass against another mass.

The war has finally turned into a positional conflict, but still, in recent months, Russian troops have become more active, the NYT writes.

It is becoming increasingly difficult for the Ukrainian Armed Forces to contain these attacks, as artillerymen are running out of shells and infantry are not receiving replenishment.

"Russia's advantage at this stage is not decisive, but the war is not a stalemate," said Michael Coffman, an expert at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

"Depending on what happens this year, especially with regard to Western aid, in 2024 events could start to develop in one of two ways – either Ukraine will seize the initiative in 2025 or it will start to lose without help," The New York Times quoted Coffman as saying.

Background. The New York Times recently reported on a report from Zaporizhzhia region, where the Ukrainian military is barely holding back the Russian army's offensive. The article stated that the Russian military has an advantage on the battlefield due to the greater number of drones.