U.S. intelligence says Ukraine will fail to meet offensive's key goal

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25. Article explains that UKR switched tactics in order to save lives

Instead of suffering high casualties breaking through RU lines, they are instead making incremental advance while minimizing casualties.

Article also says Russian military is taking a beating

"Joint war games conducted by the U.S., British and Ukrainian militaries anticipated such losses but envisioned Kyiv accepting the casualties as the cost of piercing through Russia’s main defensive line, said U.S. and Western officials.

But Ukraine chose to stem the losses on the battlefield and switch to a tactic of relying on smaller units to push forward across different areas of the front. That resulted in Ukraine making incremental gains in different pockets over the summer."


https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/08/17/ukraine-counteroffensive-melitopol/