Ukraine rolled back 6 months of Russian conquest in 5 weeks, but its push is stalling

In weeks 72 and 73 of the war, Ukraine continued to make minor territorial gains, but it has done away with large-scale assaults and relies on artillery to minimise losses of troops and equipment

Ukrainian artillerymen (courtesy Ukraine Armed Forces)

Week 72

Ukraine’s counteroffensive “slowed down” visibly in the 72^nd week of the war due to entrenched Russian defences. That was the explanation Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy gave in an interview, but even as he spoke the US was helping to move Ukraine past that obstacle, pledging to give i…