Several military analysts say Russia is at peak combat effectiveness in the east, as long-range artillery systems promised to Ukraine from NATO countries are still trickling in. Ukraine is hugely outgunned, they say, a stark fact that President Volodymyr Zelensky acknowledged last week. “The price of this battle for us is very high,” he said in a nightly address. Overall, the United States has committed about $5.6 billion in security assistance to Ukraine since Russia invaded on Feb. 24. Mr. Zelensky and his aides have appealed to the West to supply more of the sophisticated armaments it has already sent.

Source: New York Times June 21, 2022 08:12 UTC