NATO Testing Waters on Buffer Zone as Ukraine Offensive Grinds to Halt

Update for the conflict in Ukraine for October 2, 2023

– Ukraine’s offensive is now at the 4 month mark, exhausting its potential and failing to achieve any of its objectives;

– The Western media admits that Russia has actually gained more territory this year including during the Ukrainian offensive despite being on the defensive;

– Russia continues degrading a variety of Ukrainian military capabilities the West cannot sufficiently replace while maintaining pressure along the line of contact;

– Both the Russian economy and its military industrial base are admittedly growing while Ukraine and its Western sponsors exhaust their stockpiles, lacking the ability to renew them;

– The West continues talking about building military industrial projects within Ukrainian territory, with the UK recently claiming they may send British troops to “train” Ukrainians in Ukraine;

– This appears to be the foundation for creating a “buffer zone” within western Ukraine, similar to the US-Turkish occupation in Syria, meant to freeze the conflict;

References:

Failing Offensive New York TImes – Who’s Gaining Ground in Ukraine? This Year, No One (September 28, 2023):
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2…

RT – Russian general in charge of Ukraine operation speaks out (October 2022):
https://www.rt.com/russia/564934-gene…

The Times – Ukraine counteroffensive: ‘I’m ready to die . . . 90% of the guys here will die too’ (September 5, 2023):
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/uk…

Mediazona – Russian casualties in Ukraine (September 22, 2023):
https://en.zona.media/article/2022/05…

NYT – Russia Overcomes Sanctions to Expand Missile Production, Officials Say (September 13, 2023):
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/13/us…

Novaya Gazeta – The barren barrels (November 2022):
https://novayagazeta.eu/articles/2022…

NYT – Defenses Carved Into the Earth (December 2022):
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2…

War on the Rocks – A Chat with Britain’s Top Officer, Adm. Radakin (September 18, 2023):
https://warontherocks.com/2023/09/a-c…

Alexander Mercouris – NYT Ukr No Gains, Budanov: Continuing on Foot; German MSM: Rus Army Stronger; France Out of Niger (September 29, 2023): 
 • NYT Ukr No Gains, Budanov: Continuing…  

Foreign Policy – Ukraine’s Longest Day (April 2023):
https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/04/18/…

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NYT – Western Leaders Urge Arms Manufacturing in Ukraine (September 28, 2023):
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/28/wo…

The Guardian – British troops could deploy to Ukraine for first time to train soldiers, says Grant Shapps (September 30, 2023):
https://www.theguardian.com/world/202…