Ukraine’s Counter-Invasion of Russia Could Gain Bargaining Chips for Kyiv in the Event of Negotiated Peace With Moscow
‘Everyone can see that the Ukrainian army knows how to surprise,’ Zelensky says, as America and European allies give green light to the cross-border incursion.
As Russia endures its first invasion by another country since World War II, America and Europe watch benignly from the sidelines. In a move that caught Russian soldiers by surprise, Ukrainian troops suddenly rolled across the border Tuesday morning. They rode Western-supplied infantry fighting vehicles — Marders from Germany, and Strykers and Bradleys from America.
In three days of intense fighting, the Ukrainians have taken about 20 villages, more than 100 Russian POWs, and about 200 square miles of Russian land. By contrast, Harvard’s Belfer Center calculates that Russia took 61 square miles of southeast Ukraine during one month of heavy fighting this summer. Russia’s Health Ministry says 66 civilians have been wounded. Dozens of Russian and Ukrainian soldiers have died.
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