Against the background of the failed summer counteroffensive operation and problems with the supply of Western weapons, Ukraine is forced to go on the defensive to stop the Russian military advance.

Axar.az reports that this was reported in an article published in the "Wall Street Journal".

The article presents the reasons for Ukraine's extremely difficult geopolitical situation: the failure of the much-anticipated summer counteroffensive, the suspension of US aid due to infighting in the US Congress, the inability of the EU to provide sufficient military support, and Russia's economy becoming markedly warlike.

It was emphasized that Zelensky's latest statement announcing the construction of defence fortifications along the front is proof that the war has entered a new stage. If at the beginning of the large-scale war, the Armed Forces of Ukraine resorted to manoeuvre defence tactics, now after 2014, the tactics of trench warfare in Donbas are returning.