Reference News Network reported Nov. 21 that the United States is pressuring Ukraine to be open to peace talks with Moscow. Mark Milley, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, recently said that the Ukrainian military does not expect to recapture all the territory it lost during the war.
Milley also said on the 16th that the support of the United States and its allies has not weakened, but added that Kiev’s successful counterattack against Russia has put it in a better negotiating position.
According to the report, Charles Kupchan, a professor at Georgetown University in the United States, said it’s possible the Biden administration is just trying to ensure the door to negotiations is open, and Milley is simply “more forward-thinking.” ”“It is important that Russia and Ukraine realize that there is a diplomatic path,” he said.
The report stressed that this also sent a signal to Zelensky that his persistence is testing the patience of some allies.
“It is understandable that Zelensky may have been impulsive in making comments that some allies did not like,” Kupchan said.
Kupchan also said, “The Biden administration wants to move slowly to ensure the transatlantic consensus remains unshakable.”
But Frederick Kagan, a defense strategist at the American Enterprise Institute, said Milley cannot fully represent Washington.
Kagan said that the United States should not put pressure on Zelensky, but should increase the supply of weapons to help Ukraine completely defeat the Russian military. “We should help Ukraine accelerate to victory in this war. Slowing down now is not the right thing to do,” he said.
(Original headline: French media: Biden administration pressures Ukraine to ensure door to Russia-Ukraine negotiations is open)
