2023-09-02 21:08 Compiled by United Daily News Zhou Chenyang / real-time report
John Kirby, White House National Security Council strategic communications and coordinator, said on the 1st that the Ukrainian army had made “clear progress” in its southern offensive in the past 72 hours.
According to a comprehensive report by the Guardian, Kirby said that the United States has noticed that “in the past 72 hours or so, the Ukrainian armed forces … have made some obvious progress on the southern advancing line initiated in the Zaporozhia region.” He declared that the Ukrainian army had achieved some success against the Russian second fortifications, and said it was up to Ukraine to take advantage of recent victories.
Kirby also said recent media reports by anonymous U.S. officials criticizing the Ukrainian military’s efforts “doesn’t help.” “We’ve all seen anonymous officials out there criticizing,” he said, which “honestly doesn’t help” Ukraine’s actions on the battlefield, before adding that “no objective observer of this counteroffensive” can deny that the Ukrainian army “has now achieved made progress”.
According to reports, the Kiev authorities claimed that the Ukrainian army had broken through the first Russian fortifications in several places. Some Ukrainian officials worry that staunch Western support may begin to falter as colder and wetter weather further hampers progress on the battlefield in the second half of the year.
Kirby, strategic communication and coordinator of the National Security Council of the White House, said on the 1st that the southern offensive of the Ukrainian army in the past 72 hours has achieved… Ukraine Russia Russia-Ukraine War United States White House
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