In an interview with The Economist, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhnyi publicly announced that the summer offensive has ended and has turned into a positional, trench struggle. There is not neither enough weapons or personnel for the offensive. Western weapons are provided very late, and not always in good condition. M. Zaluzhnyi predicts that the war will drag on for several years. During last 5 months, the ZSU advanced only 17 km. The situation at the front reached an impasse.