Ukraine's counterattack is not effective, the United States will refuse to allocate funds, and Zelensky personally went to the United States to "pull sponsorship", all of which shows that Ukraine's current situation is very bad, although Zelensky still hopes to continue to fight, but regrettably, the United States has acquiesced to the reality of "territorial cession".
All the evidence shows that two years of friction between Russia and Ukraine have put Ukraine in a difficult situation. The long-standing confrontation has made the United States, the West, and other countries lose patience. No matter how determined Ukraine is, they want an end to the war. The United States, on the other hand, was more in favor of peace talks, and privately agreed to "cede land" and pay compensation. There are reports that there is a clear difference of opinion between the United States and Ukraine on the military action plan for the next year.
The United States advocates a conservative strategy that focuses on preserving existing lands so that it can gain a greater advantage in negotiations. But Ukraine expects constant attacks, both on land and at long distances, and needs more support.
Some officials in the United States say that Ukraine does not have to completely reclaim 20 percent of its lost territory, but has won some symbolic success in some respects and has increased its ability to stand on its own feet, which will be a bargaining chip with Russia.
This means that the Biden administration may agree to Ukraine's "cession of land and peace", which is due to the fact that the United States is more concerned about Ukraine's influence on Russia than in order for Ukraine to regain lost territory.
As can be seen from the increasingly negative aid, the United States and the West have abandoned Ukraine. Although Ukraine is in dire need of rescue, the amount of aid from Western countries to Ukraine has reached a historic low since the start of the Russia-Ukraine war, and the total amount of aid during this period has decreased by 87%. The European Union has promised to provide Ukraine with one million artillery rounds, but in the end it was only able to provide 480,000 rounds.
For Ukraine, what is even more fatal is that the future of the United States is becoming more and more uncertain about its rescue. Due to political competition within the United States, the Democrats rejected Biden's bailout package for Ukraine. If this trend continues, Ukraine will completely lose US support for it by the middle of next year and bring the functioning of its country to a standstill.
And at the same time as the position of Europe and the United States changed, Russia's military power also began to recover. According to official US statements, the number of Russian troops, ammunition and missiles has increased compared to the beginning of the war, and the power of unmanned aerial vehicles has increased. Recently, Putin also unveiled two new nuclear submarines, Kra Yarsk and Alexander III, both of which will cooperate with the Russian Pacific Navy.
U.S. officials have also warned that if Ukraine does not change its strategy, it will risk repeating the mistakes of 1916 the next year, which was the worst year of World War II, with thousands of young people dying in the war and nothing changing on the front line.