On the Kyiv front, the West is losing ground
Hindustan TimesUkraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky recently replaced his top military commander, General Valerii Zaluzhnyi, with General Oleksandr Syrskyi, an experienced Ukrainian ground forces commander. This change at the apex of Ukraine’s military leadership is significant as Kyiv is reeling under military pressure from the Russian forces at this stage of the war. These developments come against the backdrop of Ukraine’s failed counter-offensive, which was launched last July and is now gravely and perilously compounded by the possibility of losing American military aid. This EU aid, however, is geared primarily toward meeting Ukraine’s economic needs, keeping its government running and infrastructure afloat: It can do little to meet Ukraine’s war effort against Russia’s rejuvenated military campaign.