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The '''2023 Ukraine summer counteroffensive''' began on June 4, 2023. By July 2023, Ukrainian casualties were mounting, and it became increasingly clear that the ounteroffensive would fail to capture significant amounts of territory.  Western reporting grew more realistic, and began giving insights into conditions on the ground in [[Ukraine]], as well as what was in the minds of [[US]] officials.

The '''2023 Ukraine summer counteroffensive''' began on June 4, 2023. By July 2023, Ukrainian casualties were mounting, and it became increasingly clear that the counteroffensive would fail to capture significant amounts of territory.  Western reporting grew more realistic, and began giving insights into conditions on the ground in [[Ukraine]], as well as what was in the minds of [[US]] officials.

According to the ''Washington Post'',<ref>https://archive.ph/GmW5m#selection-1169.4-1169.55</ref> US and Ukrainian militaries had conducted war games and had anticipated that an advance would be accompanied by heavy losses.  But when the real-world fatalities mounted, the ''Post reported, “Ukraine chose to stem the losses on the battlefield”.

According to the ''Washington Post'',<ref>https://archive.ph/GmW5m#selection-1169.4-1169.55</ref> US and Ukrainian militaries had conducted war games and had anticipated that an advance would be accompanied by heavy losses.  But when the real-world fatalities mounted, the ''Post reported, “Ukraine chose to stem the losses on the battlefield”.