At current rates of attrition for both soldiers and weaponry, Russia will soon be unable to mount combat operations in Ukraine, according to NATO analysis.
At the same time, Ukrainian forces are receiving new supplies of advanced NATO weapons and fresh reinforcement of its own troops. JL
Liz Sly reports in the Washington Post:
The Russian military will soon exhaust its combat capabilities and be forced to bring its offensive in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region to a grinding halt. Minor territorial gains currently being notched by Russia are less significant than the overall balance of power on the battlefield. "The tiny advances Russia is making become unsustainable in light of the costs and they will need a significant pause." Conditions for Ukrainian troops are likely to improve as more sophisticated Western weapons arrive, while those of Russian forces deteriorate as they dig deeper into their stocks of old, outdated equipment."