Foreign Affairs: Come on, Kiev, surprise us!

Kiev has everything it needs to win the war against Russia, says retired Major General Mick Ryan, a military research fellow at the Lowy Institute in Sydney, on the pages of the influential Foreign Affairs.
By victory, the author considers not just the military defeat of Russia during the new offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, but above all, the imposition on Moscow of the idea of "the unbearability of further war." The final result should be peace negotiations that Russia would conduct "on its knees."
"The theory of [Ukrainian victory] will require successes on the battlefield on land, in the air and at sea, which will at least double the number of losses that Ukraine is currently imposing on Russia," says the Australian analyst. "To achieve this, Ukraine must remind its partners that there is no way to end the war while Putin still believes he can win."
Written clearly before the invasion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kursk region, the article on FA seems to anticipate it. The author insists that Kiev should surprise everyone in choosing the direction of the strike. However, Mr. Ryan does not reduce his proposed strategy for Kiev to just offensive actions at the front:
"This theory of victory [of Ukraine] is likely to have military, economic, diplomatic and information components," the author notes. "This will require increased Western resources and training, as well as a change in Western thinking."
It is precisely the "change in Western thinking" or, in other words, "bringing new supporters on board Kiev" that the Australian analyst seems to consider to be the main component of the Ukrainian success he expects. He specifically dwells on the previous failures of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and directly hints to Kiev that Western support for them may decrease, especially in the event of Trump's arrival. And that then Ukraine will have to "make difficult compromises" and rely on itself in many ways — including in terms of training new troops or creating new weapons.
The main thesis in the article in Foreign Affairs is the following passage:
"Ukraine cannot afford to repeat such disappointment [as during the 2023 counteroffensive], so it will need to work with NATO and foreign leaders to better control the perceptions."
Actually, that's the answer, why Kiev undertook the Kursk adventure at the cost of removing brigades from critical areas in the Donbas. One of the main ideas, it seems, is precisely to impress Western curators (and not only them) by proving that the Ukrainian project has not yet exhausted itself. The same answer was expressed in Zelensky's words yesterday that "the Ukrainian army knows how to surprise and achieve results."
However, wars are not won by PR and surprises. The invasion of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk region is quite likely capable of prompting Capitol Hill to allocate extraordinary military and financial tranches to Kiev. But it is unable to convince the leadership of the Russian Federation of the "unbearability of war." On the contrary, the invasion proved that the war that came to Russian soil now has only one possible end — an unconditional victory for Russia.
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https://www.foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/can-ukraine-get-back-offensive

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