Multiple factors are helping Russia’s military advance, including a delay in US weaponry and Moscow’s technological innovations on the battlefield.
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Ukraine is suffering acute shortages of soldiers, and is struggling to provide adequate training to those it brings into the military. US and allied officials interviewed for this article spoke on the condition of anonymity. But some of the concerns have spilled out in public comments.said with some understatement this week that “there’s no doubt there’s been a cost” to the long delays in sending arms.But US officials say President Joe Biden continues to reject the suggestion from French President Emmanuel Macron that deployment of Western troops in Ukraine may be necessary.
Now, he said, Russia has “brought its mass” – a far larger population to draw troops from, and a “huge military infrastructure” – to mount a comeback. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken lays flowers at a memorial for fallen soldiers in Kyiv this week.Ukraine is suffering acute shortages of soldiers, and is struggling to provide adequate training to those it brings into the military.
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