{"id":124032,"date":"2023-10-24T08:02:21","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T12:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=124032"},"modified":"2023-10-24T17:39:30","modified_gmt":"2023-10-24T21:39:30","slug":"nyt-kill-and-be-killed-ukraines-bloody-battlefield-equation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=124032","title":{"rendered":"(NYT) Kill and Be Killed: Ukraine\u2019s Bloody Battlefield Equation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Europe\u2019s\u00a0deadliest war<\/a>\u00a0in generations remains exceedingly violent, precariously balanced and increasingly complicated by factors far from the battlefield.<\/p>\n

Ukrainian and Russian soldiers are squared off across trench lines that have\u00a0barely shifted<\/a>\u00a0for nearly a year. Meanwhile, tens of millions of Ukrainians are bracing for another winter of\u00a0terror and suffering<\/a>\u00a0as Moscow stockpiles missiles that could be used to\u00a0target their nation\u2019s infrastructure<\/a>\u00a0in an attempt to demoralize civilians and make cities uninhabitable.<\/p>\n

Ukrainian forces are still fighting to break through heavily fortified Russian lines in the south, but the pace of their advance has been slow, averaging only 90 yards per day during the peak of the summer offensive, according to\u00a0a new analysis<\/a>\u00a0by the Center for Strategic and International Studies.<\/p>\n

That is the same pace as the Allied forces during the bloody five-month Battle of the Somme in 1916, the analysis said.<\/p>\n

Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The fighting in Ukraine remains exceedingly violent as both sides try to muster the weapons and personnel to endure.https:\/\/t.co\/Z0XCWT5TvC<\/a><\/p>\n

— The New York Times (@nytimes) October 23, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n