Ukraine war latest: Who is winning the war? Top military analyst shares his view

Analysis: Who is winning the war? By Philip Ingram MBE, former colonel in British Military Intelligence and NATO planner In July, the then Ukrainian defence minister Oleksii Reznikov said that he “believes that Ukraine will win the war by next summer and could be admitted to NATO in July 2024”. The reality of what Ukraine has really achieved on the ground would suggest this was an overly optimistic assessment – but who is winning? In early June, Ukraine launched its long-expected counteroffensive against the Russian defences having had some significant successes in late 2022 taking back huge areas of ground…