Ukraine's Bungled Counteroffensive: A Statehood at Risk?

Kiev launched a massive counteroffensive in June 2023, hoping to break through fortified Russian positions in Zaporozhye, Kherson and the Donbass and to reach the Crimean Peninsula. In November, Ukraine's top general admitted that there would be no "deep and beautiful breakthrough," and said the conflict had reached a "stalemate."
Ukraine seriously bungled its summer counteroffensive and may face the loss of its statehood altogether if things continue in this direction,