'War-weary Ukrainians have no choice but to continue fighting'

Ukrainian soldiers along trenches, which are covered in mud after the rain on November 6, 2023 in Vuhledar, Ukraine

(Image credit: Kostya Liberov / Libkos / Getty Images)

published 7 November 2023

'Ukrainians will find a way to continue defending their country'

Max Boot in The Washington Post

Ukraine's counteroffensive hasn't achieved the breakthrough everyone hoped for, says Max Boot in The Washington Post. "Ukrainians have advanced barely 10 miles" in five months, and Ukraine's top general concedes the war is a "stalemate." Americans "privately grumble" that Ukraine has bungled the offensive. Ukrainians complain the West hasn't sent all the weapons they need. What now? Ukraine has "no choice but to continue fighting, and "we have no choice" but to keep supporting them.

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