Zelensky Is Driving The Agenda
As I've been saying, since late February, Ukraine President Zelensky has been setting a de facto agenda for the Western response to the invasion, and if he doesn't get what he wants right away, he gets it later. Sec Austin's remarks (translated back to English from a Ukrainian report at the link) at the start of yesterday's Ramstein conference reflect this state of affairs: In Brussels on October 12, the next Ramstein meeting brought together defense ministers from about 50 countries to discuss assistance to Ukraine. Opening the meeting, Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin stated that the dynamics of the war unleashed by the Kremlin had changed. He stressed the serious progress of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in this conflict, Dialog.UA reports . . . . He stressed that the Ukrainian troops changed the dynamics of the war by seizing the initiative from the occupier. It seems to me that Sec Austin is talking about two dynamics. Ukraine seized the initiative a few mont...