'Zelensky needs to go before Ukraine collapses'

Key-points from former Pentagon official Stephen Bryen's article for the Asia Times:

▪️There is an emerging consensus in the Biden administration that Ukraine is barely hanging on in its war with Russia and that some sort of negotiated settlement is needed;

▪️The US and its NATO allies have poured massive amounts of military hardware and ammunition into Ukraine, have provided the backbone for Ukrainian strategic intelligence, trained Ukrainian troops, and have put advisers in the field, some of whom have been killed in action;

▪️The Ukrainian army is facing defeats on the battlefield. Setbacks are seen nearly everywhere along the line of contact;

▪️On the political front, cracks are getting wider. Yulia Timoshenko served as Ukraine’s prime minister twice but now says that the country is at a dead end and is facing defeat;

▪️Ukraine is facing a huge troop problem as it suffers more and more battlefield casualties;

▪️The forced recruitment of soldiers has negative political implications for Ukraine’s leadership (which is why Zelensky was trying to blame it on Commander-in-Chief Zaluzhny).

▪️Ukraine says there will be harsh penalties for draft dodgers with fines and prison sentences of up to eight years.

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