Ukraine prepares for counteroffensive against Russia.

Ukraine is amassing fresh forces trained to use new Western arms, and its long promised counteroffensive seems imminent. The crescent-shaped front line stretching from Ukraine’s east to south is hundreds of kilometres long, so Kyiv will need to carefully choose where to counterattack first. One of the most feasible options for Ukraine is to dissect the land bridge that Russia created to the Crimean Peninsula when it captured large parts of southeastern Ukraine at the beginning of the war. However, the West objects to such a daring move. Meanwhile, Moscow wants to win nothing but time and bleed Ukraine dry through the risk of the war’s renewal that would scare off investors and prompt people to flee.