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This is not surprising because this counteroffensive was of key significance in the standoff between [[the West]] and Russia as its outcome largely shaped not only the situation in the [[special military operation]] area, Russia and Ukraine, but also trends of the changing global situation."<ref>https://tass.com/defense/1750919</ref>}}

This is not surprising because this counteroffensive was of key significance in the standoff between [[the West]] and Russia as its outcome largely shaped not only the situation in the [[special military operation]] area, Russia and Ukraine, but also trends of the changing global situation."<ref>https://tass.com/defense/1750919</ref>}}

Side by side in Wiesbaden’s mission command center, American and Ukrainian officers planned Kyiv’s counteroffensives. A vast American intelligence-collection effort both guided big-picture battle strategy and funneled precise targeting information down to Ukrainian soldiers in the field.<ref>https://archive.is/jTAcu</ref>

Side by side in Wiesbaden’s mission command center, American and Ukrainian officers planned Kyiv’s counteroffensives. A vast American intelligence-collection effort both guided big-picture battle strategy and funneled precise targeting information down to Ukrainian soldiers in the field.<ref>https://archive.is/jTAcu</ref> 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.

 

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”.