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KEANE: "Well, the fact is the weather is a major factor. It’s snowing a lot, not much air flying — drones not able to fly. The ground is full of mud, so ground operations aren’t anywhere near what they should be. The Russians have tried multiple offensives in the donetsk area, and they have failed miserably to do that. The Ukrainians have not had much movement after they failed to, once having achieved the break through of Russian lines, they were not able to break out with their armored forces to really gobble up some terrain and get to the sea. That operation failed, and that’s the reality of it. They want to come back after they get more equipment and have a redo of that now know ifing a little bit how difficult it is and how to use better tactics, but they need more equipment and particularly specialized engineer equipment. So they’re going to want to replay that again in the spring if they can and put it together."