“The worst-case scenarios for 2024 didn’t take place, the front didn’t collapse. There wasn’t a major Russian breakthrough anywhere along the front line. The Russian military wasn’t able to take any of the most significant cities. Some of the Russian o…
“The view from the United States is that this is not a prelude to World War III. The view from the United States is that Ukraine is defending itself from an invasion, an unprovoked aggression attack from Russia. And for nine hundred and sixty one days,…
“I think it’s important to understand that whatever we knew about the Russian military prior to 2022, a great deal has changed. In many respects, that military is now gone. The army that Russia had, with which it invaded Ukraine, a large part of that f…
Ben Hodges: Ukraine probably is going to continue to bleed Russian forces and the Russians are not gaining anything
“Why don’t people talk about Russia’s failed counter-offensive and I think it’s probably because the Russians themselves call it a big o…
“There are many aspects that make the war in Ukraine unique in terms of analysis and conclusions that can be drawn from the war. So people definitely need to be very careful with their predictions based on what they see in Ukraine. We are seeing unique…