Ukraine's ability to contain the Russian offensive appears less confident this time than last year. Therefore, Kyiv urgently needs to mobilize more people and build a more reliable line of defense.
Ukraine was very late in strengthening its own defense positions. The defense should have been built earlier, but now all that remains is “to pray that it is not too late.”
In Ukraine, they still hope for a new counter-offensive by the Armed Forces of Ukraine and are afraid of the idea that the current front line “could turn into something very similar to a new border,” but now the danger is so great that such a “border” is the least bad option for starting peace negotiations.
