The perspective of liberal says:
- Russia has made rapid advances in eastern Ukraine towards the key city of Pokrovsk.
- The Ukrainian military leadership is facing public criticism over their handling of the situation.
- The decision to launch an incursion into the Russian Kursk region has raised questions about Volodymyr Zelenskiy's leadership.
- Ukrainian forces have admitted that Russia has not yet committed its forces in eastern Ukraine to recapture its own territory.
- Kyiv's progress in the Kursk region has slowed down significantly.