By Ben Aris in Berlin Following the failure of Ukraine’s counteroffensive last summer, the Biden administration is recalibrating its strategy and has abandoned hopes of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) retaking any territory in 2024. Instead it recommends a switch to a more defensive stance to buy time for Ukraine to rearm itself and replenish its forces, the Washington Post reported January 26. The war in Ukraine has reached astalemate where the AFU has made almost no gains and Russian forces have recaptured as little as 50 km, according to the most recent frontline reports. “It’s pretty cle…