From: Business Insider By Michael Peck
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- Ukraine is trapped in a strategy that favors Russia, a Ukrainian security expert argues.
- Without a grand strategy for victory, the most that Ukraine can do is try to hold on.
- “The lack of a strategy for victory will turn this war into a war of attrition,” Oleksandr Danylyuk told BI.
Ukraine is caught in a strategic trap. It barely has the strength to keep Russia from making major advances, yet it is not strong enough to eject Russian forces from the territory it held prior to the 2022 invasion. The result is a war of attrition that Ukraine can’t win.
The solution? Build up Ukrainian military power and compel Russia to agree to peace, argues a Ukrainian security expert. But that can’t happen unless Ukraine devises a grand strategy that extends beyond mere survival that’s characterized much of the war in 2024 as Russia exploited the long delay of US arms support.
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