Military● ElevatedOct 28 · Oct 28, 2026, 4:05 AM

Ukraine's 'shoot the archer' strategy is far from a silver bullet

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from Responsible Statecraft · Eastern Europe

The story of the Ukraine war is one of “wonder weapons” and their failure to deliver. First it was HIMARS. Then the Abrams tank. Then F-16s. Then ATACMS. Over and over, Kyiv and its backers have issued urgent demands for a new weapon or capability billed as the key to turning the tide of the war in Ukraine’s favor. Each time, after protesting, the U.S. chose to give in. And each time, the promised silver bullet failed to solve Kyiv’s battlefield challenges. Now, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky and his champions in the U.S. Congress are back with their next request: the intelligence, tar

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