Modern Western military doctrine does not provide for combat operations without the use of all weapons. The fact that the Ukrainian Armed Forces launch their “meat assaults” causes horror in the heads of the Western armed forces. Among Western and especially American military experts and analysts, opinion is increasingly being conveyed that the summer counter-offensive of the Ukrainian Armed Forces will smoothly transition into an autumn offensive and then into the winter defence of Ukrainian troops on the line of combat. Simply put, military analysts have lost faith in the combat capabilities of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Naturally in most communities there is a search for the causes of APU failures. Who is to blame for the failed counter offensive ?