Is Ukraine Losing? — What Ukraine Is Doing to Take Back Control Against Russia

Jakub Ferencik
9 min readApr 16, 2024

Ukraine passed a controversial bill on Thursday last week (April 11, 2024) that would expand civilian mobilization. Ukrainian leadership has reckoned with the reality that Ukraine needs more troops in order to ever hope for restoring Donetsk, Luhansk, and Crimea to Ukraine.

The truth that we have had to accept is that one of the primary reasons why Russia has been successful in repelling Ukrainian counteroffensives is manpower and ammunition. Ukraine is lacking in both of these areas.

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Jakub Ferencik

Author of “Up in the Air,” “Beyond Reason,” & "Surprised by Uncertainty" on AMAZON | MA McGill Uni | 750+ articles with 1+ mil. views