Over the last year, the war has morphed from a multi-front invasion to a conflict of attrition largely concentrated along a 600-mile stretch in the east and south.
is a strategic town that connects the eastern front with Russian controlled areas in the south. Russia launched intense attacks into this area but Ukraine has inflicted significant losses on its troops.is a key city occupied by Russia. Analysts view it as a likely target for a potential Ukrainian counteroffensive. Taking the territory here would cut off Russia’s east-west supply lines. Russia has prepared with trenches and fortifications.
Western governments have sent weapons to Ukraine since the beginning of the conflict, and have promised more, including battle tanks. But that supply could diminish later in this second year of fighting. Public support for sending aid and weapons to Ukraine has declined in the United States. Other Western governments have been slow to provide any sizable shipments.
“The real center of gravity for the outcome of this war is not on the Ukrainian battlefield,” said George Barros, a military researcher at the Institute for the Study of War. “The real place is actually in the decision-making space in Western capitals. Because the moment we decide that we are not going to empower Ukraine, Ukraine will lose the war.”Front line as of Feb. 8. The north and south close-up maps show overlapping front line sections.
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