The Munich Security Conference drew scornful comments from critical analysts for the contrast that it underlined between effete and privileged Western leaders smiling and laughing in cocktail dress while Ukraine’s army was totally collapsing in Avdiivka. Many thousands of Ukrainian soldiers were losing their lives and thousands of POWS were being captured by Russian forces - there is no evidence for the Western mainstream claims that Russia lost 17,000 in Avdiivka, but Russian losses were likely heavy even if not nearly as heavy as those of Ukraine - and within days of the killing by Russian missile of hundreds of Ukrainian soldiers in a training center in a location to the west of Avdiivka.
Thank you for this excellent summary assessment!