AFTER half a year of launching a blitzkrieg invasion of Ukraine, Russia now ostensibly appears to be, as per majority of the Western analysts, sinking deeper into this quagmire, as Ukraine's resistance has forced Russia's military to a virtual standstill and its image as a fighting force is "shattered" for the time being. Western analysts are trying to portray Russia's military as an ill-disciplined fighting machine that is equipped with obsolete weapons and supported by an antiquated supply chain and logistical support. Their main argument is that despite six months of fighting, the Russian military, with a horrendous lack of command and control at lower levels, has not been able to move beyond the Donbas, an area which was occupied by the Russian forces in the first few weeks of the invasion.
This argument apparently sounds valid when viewed from the backdrop of the "paralytic halt" in the Russian territorial invasion of Ukraine since March. But the fact is the Russian military is not as "inept and incompetent" as being projected by the Westerners. With Donetsk and Luhansk predominantly under Russian control and a large swath of southern Ukraine also under Russian occupation, the question is what constitutes a "loss" for Ukraine and its Western supporters and where will they draw the line?
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