Russia’s “Civil War” Evaporates as Ukraine’s Offensive Enters Week 4

Update on the conflict in Ukraine for June 25, 2023: - Ukraine’s offensive enters its 4th week with the line of contact relatively unchanged and having suffered immense losses; - Western governments and commentators have been increasingly calling for more “wonder weapons” and even Western military intervention as prospects dim for Ukraine; - The Wagner mutiny in Rostov, southern Russia was an ill-conceived gamble by Wagner’s figurehead Yevgeny Prigozhin; - The crisis resolved itself within 24 hours with Prigozhin’s exile to Belarus and Wagner forces being fully integrated into the Russian military; - Ukraine’s offensive potential persists, however, amid a war of attrition, territorial gains at the cost of men and machines brings Ukraine closer to defeat, not victory; References: Ukraine’s Offensive Wall Street Journal - A Wall of Steel’: Ukrainian Troops Face Hard Slog in Offensive’s First Days (June 10, 2023):