if the enemy can't actually prosecute the offensive successfully. If they can, you find yourself kneeling in front of a hastily dug trench. You are right about

if the enemy can't actually prosecute the offensive successfully. If they can, you find yourself kneeling in front of a hastily dug trench. You are right about the US and Russia though. It has suited everyone apart from the Russians and Ukrainians for the Russians to pick up this tar baby. I don't know if the rest of the world sees it, but a big part of the mess is courtesy of the British as a part of an extended and excruciating revenge play for the Russians messing about in Salisbury. Vashe zdorov'ye you bastards.