Lull in Ukraine war unnerves the West

Kyiv needs to break the stalemate – and it may soon have the means to do that

Ukrainian tankers carry out maintenance on their tanks on the Donbass frontline
Kyiv has called for 300 tanks and experts reckon it will need at least 100 to mount a counter-offensive
(Image credit: Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Almost a year after it began, the war in Ukraine has “turned static”, said The Economist. Fighting is now largely confined to “bloody pounding along a short section of the front” around the eastern city of Bakhmut. Russia has failed to make any meaningful advances, despite a heavy loss of troops, but a frozen conflict suits it well enough. It gives Moscow time “to dig in, reinforce its lines and prepare for a fresh assault”.

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