Russia-Ukraine conflict now a ‘war of attrition,’ says War on the Rocks founder

Russia has warned the United States that armed shipments to Ukraine could bring “unpredictable consequences.” This comes as the administration authorizes the delivery of more sophisticated weapons than in previous shipments.

• Ryan Evans, founder of War on the Rocks and chief executive officer of Metamorphic Media, said the large artillery pieces in the U.S. aid package are “crucial” for Ukraine and will be useful in what is now “more of a war of attrition,” as Putin consolidates efforts towards the east.
• Evans said he thinks Russia’s focus on Donbas “is really Putin trying to salvage something out of the wreckage of this disastrous war.”
• He said the U.S. did not initially provide the weapons it is sending now because it expected Ukraine to fall faster and because the weapons would not have been useful early on.