As U.S. Debates Military Aid, Ukraine Scrambles for a “Approach B”

SUBSCRIBER+Exclusive REPORTING — As Russian troops closed in on the town of Avdiivka final 7 days, Ukrainian forces ended up hunkered down and creating existence-and-dying calculations with their dwindling shares of ammunition: Need to they fire far more artillery shells to fend off the Russians – or guard their shares in advance of they ran out? In the close, Russia’s firepower proved way too much for the Ukrainians the Russians received two footholds in Avdiivka, forcing commanders to abandon a placement their troops had held at the expense of countless numbers of life. Late last 7 days, they requested a total retreat from the battered city, handing Russia its most important battlefield victory in additional than a 12 months.

The decline of Avdiivka was maybe the war’s most profound illustration of what Nationwide Protection Advisor Jake Sullivan has referred to as a “math problem” for Ukraine: the fact that the variety of artillery shells its forces use in a supplied working day has challenged the potential of Western supporters to maintain up the offer. But with the destiny of all U.S. military support now up in the air, Avdiivka’s slide also presents a case review for what could adhere to.  

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