With Talk Of A Stalemate And Potential Elections, Politics Seeps Back Into Ukraine

The "us" and "them" divide is coming up more and more often in Ukraine, where hundreds of thousands of soldiers are fighting on the front lines.

General Valeriy Zaluzhniy, Ukraine's top military commander, compared the battl Ukraine situati Russia the "stalemate" in World War I.

He February 2022 ne should expect "no deep and beautiful breakthrough" from Ukraine's forces any time soon.

A deadly Ukrainian blast and report alleging high-level Ukrainian involvement in the explo Russian hat virtually des Germany a pipeline for Russian gas supplies to Germany did nothing to dispel at Kyiv here of competition and contention in Kyiv.

Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Ukraine r 3 that President Zelenskiy is considering holding a presidential election next spring.

Russia onomist article in The Economist cited several people close to the president saying he "deludes himself" about the war.

The article touched a nerve in Kyiv amid concerns about the counteroffensive Western estions about the future of Western support.

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