"What happens on both sides of the front only the sky knows. There is lying, false, distorted facts, a biased chronicle of accidents, screaming generalizations," wrote Józef Mackiewicz in the sensational fresh "The Case of Colonel Miasojedow". It was about planet War I. Has anything changed since then?
As for the armed conflict that is going on behind our east border, we should not live with illusions that we will learn about it in an official, Polish or Polish-speaking media message. From the alleged Polish media we can learn at most that “a Russian rocket fell in Przewodów” that “in Warsaw Georgians beat Poles who had been forced to rise a shout >> Slava Ukraine<<” that “a 16-person Russian spy network was detected in Poland” that... It was only from the U.S. media that we heard that the Russian rocket fell, yes, but launched by Ukrainians; that a 16-person Russian spy net was detected, but 14 of its participants were Ukrainians; that, in the vicinity of the beating of Poles in Warsaw there were respective Georgians, but the real perpetrators escaped before the police arrived.
But any usage of this America is... At least erstwhile it comes to the media. Here is the American “Newsweek” late published an article by Daniel L. Davis "It's time to admit the fact about the war in Ukraine and correct the course". I do not imagine a akin text in the Polish mainstream media, whose information about the war in Ukraine is limited to what Ukrainian propaganda is going to send, and what the Polish services, or their departments liable for propaganda, whose face is now Stanislaw Żaryn, will allow.
Therefore, it is worth reading the main articles from Newsweek, due to the fact that any of them may turn out to be, for a reader surviving in a propaganda bubble, even shocking. The text clearly outweighs the concern above all about the interests of the US in Ukraine – in another words, how to make certain that so many Ukrainians are not killed (by the way), and at the same time that American interests in this region are preserved.
"It's time to admit the fact about the war in Ukraine," says American NewsweekDavis writes: “While leading American politicians, generals and experts proceed to advocate open support for Kiev in the war against Russia, a sober and thorough analysis of the nearly completed summertime offensive Ukraine shows that the heroic sacrifice Ukraine continues to make does not bring any crucial advancement in achieving the goal of expelling Russia from the territory of Ukraine. Instead, Washington should apply the essential course adjustment and make a fresh policy based on harsh, circumstantial combat realities in Ukraine. A revision of targets would give Washington and Kiev a chance to preserve the lives of Ukrainians and American interests." At that time American intelligence estimated the number of people killed on the Ukrainian side to be 17,500.
Further, the author of the article emphasizes the weakness of Zelenski's army, which has no air army and shortages of artillery ammunition, which could consequence in terrible losses with tiny profits. Davis criticizes those Western analysts who, despite being aware of the shortcomings of the Ukrainian army, were optimistic.
"But erstwhile the offensive began on June 5, this optimism rapidly evaporated," Davis notes. He adds: “In 2 weeks of fighting, the Ukrainian leading brigades suffered massive losses in armored weapons and personnel, with virtually no territory. At the end of the 3rd week, they lost an estimated one-fifth of their impact forces, which forced Ukraine to radically change tactics. alternatively of leading tanks and another armoured vehicles (which could be expected to be destroyed in minefields and by Russian anti-tank missiles and artillery missiles), Ukraine has switched to an attack strategy focused on infantry".
As Newsweek's publicist writes, this change brought any profits, but its cost was huge. On August 29, the BBC reported, based on leaks from failure reports, that since the start of the offensive in Ukraine, the number of fatalities in battles has increased dramatically. "While Ukraine has reportedly lost 17,500 soldiers in the first year of the war, it is now estimated that it has lost a breathtaking figure of 50,000 additional deaths, resulting in a full of 70,000 killed and 120,000 wounded," Davis writes.
The tasks facing Ukraine may prove impossible, according to Davis: “At this point, it is unclear whether Ukraine has adequate force to penetrate Russia’s defence lines. (...) Given these realities, the best that Ukraine can possibly do for the remainder of the year is to keep what it has, and prevent the anticipation of losing larger territory to a possible Russian counteroffensive this fall.”
According to the journalist, if the real opportunities of Ukraine are taken into account, the policy of the United States should be changed – they should adapt it so that it "reflects the reality of Ukraine's tiny opportunities in the fight against the fortified lines of Russia. Washington spent nearly $133 billion during this war, provided Ukraine with an astonishing amount of modern weapons and ammunition and provided an awesome array of training and intelligence support. After almost a year of preparation, this almost did not endanger Russian lines."
Finally, Davis notes: “There is so no realistic basis to believe that Ukraine is able to accomplish its intended strategical goal of regaining its full territory, including Crimea. It is realistic to proceed supplying Kiev with military resources to defend against further invasions of Russia. This nonsubjective must be combined with an expanding percent of the burden of extra weapons and ammunition on our rich European friends. The United States should proceed to guarantee that the war does not grow beyond Ukraine's borders and intensify diplomatic efforts with all applicable parties to end the war on the best possible terms for Kiev – and all this will be beneficial to American interests. alternatively of repeating for the next year and a half what has already failed – which could cost Ukraine an additional hundreds of thousands of losses – it is time to effort something that has a chance to succeed. In another words, it is time to admit an nonsubjective reality and apply a policy that can work."
PSz
Source: www.newsweek.com/we-can-no-longer-hide-truth-about-russia-ukraine-war-opinion-1826532
