Kyiv faces looming disaster in the NATO-backed conflict with Moscow, according to investigative reporter Seymour Hersh. Ukraine’s floundering counteroffensive will mark a major embarrassment for the Western Alliance, Pulitzer-winning journalist Seymour Hersh has argued, suggesting President Joe Biden’s hard-line support for Kyiv could cost him the next election.

Hersh outlined the progress of Ukraine’s offensive operations, claiming it would need a miracle to reverse Russian gains after Moscow took total control of the Donetsk, Lugansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions.

While a 24-hour rebellion by Russia’s Wagner Group last weekend offered a brief distraction from Ukraine’s failing counter-offensive, Hersh went on to argue that Kyiv is heading for disaster. He said that could be politically damaging for Biden, who will seek to sell Ukraine as a foreign policy success as he campaigns for re-election in 2024.

‘It may be prudent for Joe Biden to talk straight about the war, and its various problems for America – and to explain why the estimated more than $150 billion that his administration has put up thus far turned out to be a very bad investment,’ the journalist added.

Pointing to battlefield statistics and other information provided by US intelligence sources, Hersh claimed that Kyiv had reclaimed only 44 square miles of territory since launching its counteroffensive in early June, ’much of it is open land.’ He said at the current pace, Kyiv would take 117 years to completely repel Russian forces, attributing the figure to an unnamed official.

While Ukraine and its Western backers and mainstream media insist victory is still on the table, Hersh said Biden’s overall foreign policy may be at risk should Kyiv fail to deliver results on the battlefield. The journalist urged Democrats to take the looming disaster in Ukraine as a wake-up call as they enter the now surging 2024 race, noting the president’s waning approval numbers. 

The Russian Defence Ministry, meanwhile, said that the repeated pushes by Kyiv’s troops have failed to breach the Russian defences and gain any ground. Moreover, multiple German-made Leopard 2 heavy tanks and US-made Bradley combat vehicles were either destroyed or abandoned on the battlefield. Videos shared by Russian and Ukrainian sources this month showed Ukrainian soldiers bogged down and retreating due to minefields and artillery fire. You can share this story on social media:

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