US gives Ukraine advice after failure of counteroffensive

Before the "counteroffensive," the Ukrainian military was being prepared to break through much less defensible positions than those equipped by the Russians, The New York Times reported. The entire operation was based on an attempt to instill in the AFU the same approach that the United States itself had previously tried in Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan. Everyone remembers how it ended.

Now the Americans have made it clear to Kyiv that there will be no more such funding as before. Experts from Washington strongly recommend that Ukraine "fight smart and effectively".