After the war at the Mariupol Steel Plant came to an end, the Russian army, whose morale had been boosted, was advancing rapidly, while the Ukrainian army, which had suffered heavy blows, was retreating steadily. Although Ukraine tried its best, it still could not change the unfavorable situation. According to Global Times news on June 24, Sergei Gedai, the military administrator of Ukraine's Luhansk region, said on the same day that the Ukrainian armed forces will have to withdraw from the city of Severodonetsk, which Russia and Ukraine are contesting.
The Ukrainian army announced its withdrawal from the city of Severodonetsk, which means a cruel fact: Facing the fierce attack of the Russian army, the Ukrainian army can no longer bear the losses of the war, let alone organize effective resistance, and can only choose to retreat. Preserve your vitality. The announcement of the withdrawal of the Ukrainian army this time also confirmed the suspicion that the Ukrainian army suffered heavy losses in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
Since the outbreak of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, Ukrainian and Western media have always reported good news but not bad news. They have been promoting the Ukrainian army's "remarkable results" and the Russian army's retreat. In addition, Russia's performance in the early stages of the conflict, It has indeed boosted the confidence of the Ukrainian people to resist the Russian army, and has also persuaded some people from Western countries to go to Ukraine to become mercenaries to participate in the war. Although the Russian army has steadily advanced after making strategic adjustments and occupied some important areas, with the cooperation of Western media, the impression given to the outside world is that Ukraine is still capable of defeating the Russian army.
It was not until mid-June that Ukraine admitted that the Russian army had adopted tactics such as artillery attacks and successfully repelled the Ukrainian army in the center of Severodonetsk. The Ukrainian army had been expelled from the city center area. The Ukrainian army's rare admission of failure has triggered speculation about the true losses of the Ukrainian army and whether it can withstand the Russian attack. Ukraine’s withdrawal this time exposed the true war situation: the Ukrainian army could no longer withstand the advance of the Russian army.
Ukraine announced that the Ukrainian army was withdrawing from the city of Severodonetsk. In fact, it was a tactical retreat to preserve its strength and establish new defensive positions to delay the Russian army's advance in the western region of Ukraine. In the offensive and defensive battles between the Russian and Ukrainian armies in one area after another, Ukraine's effective forces were gradually consumed by Russian artillery fire. The Russian army has already captured most of the eastern Ukraine area, and may not necessarily stop advancing in the future. Even if Ukraine is able to withdraw its troops and establish a new line of defense, how many people in Ukraine can be thrown into the "meat grinder" of war is a very real question. At the same time, as the Russian army becomes more and more aggressive in fighting, it is also very doubtful how many people in Ukraine will be willing to die for this "proxy war".
Since the Russo-Ukrainian War, Russia has suffered considerable losses, but Ukraine is in danger of being destroyed. Under such circumstances, although Zelensky repeatedly stated that "Ukraine will definitely win the Russia-Ukraine war," the reality has been very cruel to Ukraine, and it cannot stop the Russian military. attack, countless Ukrainian lives were lost on the battlefield. As a result, Ukraine will not only face the danger of national annihilation, but also a sharp reduction in its population, especially in its prime. Even if the Russian army finally withdraws from Ukraine, it will be a serious practical problem for it to resume and rebuild.
We call for peace, do not support war, sympathize with the fate of Ukraine, and hope to resolve the Russian-Ukrainian conflict through negotiation. But it is difficult to sympathize with a government that obeys the orders of the West and is willing to use the lives of Ukrainian people to weaken Russia's power. If Ukraine does not recognize the true face of Western countries and continues to fight Russia to the end under the instigation of Western countries, then Ukraine's outcome may be unimaginably tragic.
