pretty horrendous casualties, 2o sustain their forces, even taking pretty horrendous casualties, 20 to 30,000 a month. so, what we are looking at is in essence ukraine is not going be in a position to launch any significant counterattack this year. what the supplemental gives them an opportunity to do is inflict casualties on the russians, hold as much ground as they can, put up a strong defensive line, even if they probably will have to seek additional territory. in parallel with that, and this is their big challenge, they have to immobilise their own forces, free up enough personnel to do more training, particularly in combined manoeuvres, the ability to effectively launch complicated operations, and then maybe be in a position to launch another counteroffensive, probably much more towards the middle or later on in 2025.— much more towards the middle or later on in 2025. that was matthew savo. -- savile. _ the extra us military aid package

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