Ukrainian frontline doctors overwhelmed by wounded soldiers: NYT
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Medical facilities near the front lines have reported receiving a "colossal" number of injured Ukrainian troops.
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A doctor writes notes inside the ICU of Mechnikov Hospital in Dnipro, Ukraine, Saturday, July 15, 2023 (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
The Ukrainian stabilization points near the front lines are experiencing an overwhelming influx of wounded soldiers due to the ongoing counter-offensive, The New York Times newspaper reported on Wednesday, citing doctors.
Medical facilities have reported receiving a "colossal" number of injured Ukrainian troops, as per the report.
In further detail, the report added that the injuries sustained by the soldiers mainly consisted of mine and shrapnel wounds, with only a few cases of bullet wounds. This is reportedly attributed to the Ukrainian forces encountering dug-in Russian defenses and minefields during their efforts to advance.
It is worth noting that the counteroffensive was launched by Ukraine in early June and has been met with challenges. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy acknowledged that progress has been slower than hoped.
On its account, the Russian Defense Ministry said that Ukrainian troops have been attempting to advance in various sectors, including South Donetsk, Bakhmut, and Zaporozhye regions, but without success.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has stated that Ukraine has lost more than 26,000 soldiers since the start of the counteroffensive.
Mearsheimer: Hardly any chance for Ukraine counteroffensive success
In an interview with Pushback, John Mearsheimer American realpolitik academic has recently likened the Ukrainian counteroffensive to suicide such that it has a slim chance of winning at best.
“It seems to me that anybody who knows anything about military tactics and strategy had to understand that there was hardly any chance that the Ukrainian counteroffensive would succeed,” American political scientist John Mearsheimer said in an interview transcribed by The Grayzone.
Mearsheimer expressed his surprise at the West's encouragement for the Ukrainians' counteroffensive, which he compared to a suicide attack that would lead to counterproductive results.
It made more sense for the Ukrainians to remain on the defensive at least for the time being, he added. Inferring the West's line of reasoning, Mearsheimer argued that the West is very afraid of running out of time, so if the Ukrainians do not achieve some remarkable gains on the battlefield in 2023, popular support for the war will dry up which would then devolve into ascertained defeat. He added that the West pressed hard for this attack, knowing that the chances for its success were at best slim.
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