Zelenskyy's visit to US is big moment in Ukraine war as Russia may finally be getting its act together
It has not given Ukraine the means to repel waves of drones and missiles that are wreaking havoc on the country's electricity grid.or severely restricted power. If this continues, Ukrainian civilians will freeze to death over the winter, potentially in great numbers.
There is also a sense the West is giving Ukraine just enough weapons to continue this war, but not to finish it.may finally be getting their act together under a new commander and with tens of thousands of new recruits. The newly mobilised are poorly motivated, equipped and trained. However, Russian commanders have always relied on quantity, not quality.In Bakhmut they are sending waves of troops, who are being slaughtered in their hundreds a day it seems but the relentless assault is taking its toll on Ukraine.Mr Zelenskyy knows there are grumblings, particularly on the right of American politics, about the amount of help being given to his country.
This is his chance to meet American politicians of all stripes, look them in the eye, and say he needs more help - otherwise the freedom they say they value so much is in peril, and not just in Ukraine.
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