Now, the question of time as well as the course of the fighting on the ground has taken on a new dimension. Therefore, Kyiv must quickly regain the initiative it has lost. However, the tanks promised will not help it achieve this quickly.

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27/ But on Wednesday, O. Scholz had won his arm wrestle and J. Biden announced the shipment of Abrams. Relief was general, but at what cost. Let's overlook Ms. Baerbock's gaffes, who declared on Tuesday that the West is waging war on Ukraine, thus reinforcing

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US officials meet with deputy PM, check aid spending. Deputy Prime Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov, head of Ukraine's infrastructure projects, said on Jan. 29 that Ukraine proposed creating an aid audit mechanism to "ensure transparency in the use of partners' aid." 1/2

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The funds that Ukraine receives for infrastructure repairs and post-war reconstruction should be monitored jointly with the U.S. Government Accountability Office, according to Kubrakov. 2/2

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In a word: they have adapted and are progressing. The war of attrition is working in their favor. Ukraine's entire challenge now is to adapt in turn to these new conditions. This involves, among other things—but not only—the delivery of new equipment from the West.

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18/ Strategically, the Russians' intention is clearer: to continue pushing in their priority areas (Bakhmut and to a lesser extent Donetsk) while multiplying advances along the entire front: a resurgence in the Kupyansk sector towards Svatove,

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9/ assessment of the entire southern Zaporizhzia front with successive efforts at different points. It is not necessary to overinterpret the importance of any single objective (Vuhledar being the latest), but rather to see the will to prevent the Ukrainians from pursuing their

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17/ Simultaneously, the advance north of Soledar is clearly aimed at seizing Siversk, a goal that will follow the likely fall of Bakhmut. This also explains the breakthrough at Kreminna and the push toward Bilohorivka.

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