The Uncertain Future of Ukraine's Counteroffensive Against Putin's War.

A new assessment by the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) suggests that Ukraine needs a series of successful counteroffensives against Russian forces to force Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the war through negotiation or military defeat. The ISW argues that it is "likely essential" for Kyiv to have multiple, major victories against Russian forces for a settlement to be reached or for the Kremlin to accept that their troops cannot win. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that Kyiv's forces cannot get counteroffensive operations underway without further Western aid.