The United States, instead of a complete victory over Russia, is placing increasing emphasis on providing Ukraine with the best position in “possible negotiations” with the Russian Federation and is discussing a transition to a more defensive strategy.
Source: Politico citing an anonymous Joe Biden administration official and a European diplomat in Washington, reports “European truth”
Details: As stated in the material, US and European officials are discussing Ukraine’s transition to a more defensive strategy after a “largely unsuccessful counteroffensive” – in particular strengthening air defense systems and building fortifications, barbed wire, anti-tank barriers and ditches along the border with Belarus.
“In addition, the Biden administration is focused on quickly reviving Ukraine’s own defense industry to supply desperately needed weapons that the US Congress has been reluctant to approve replacing,” Politico writes.
The Biden administration official explained that the United States is not denying Ukraine preparations for future offensives and notes that no negotiations with Russia are planned for now.
A European diplomat in Washington told Politico that the European Union is also threatening to speed up Ukraine’s NATO membership to “put Ukrainians in a better position to negotiate” with Russia.
Among the reasons for changing this strategy, Politico points to the internal political situation in the United States (falling Biden ratings, approaching elections in 2024) and Ukraine (here the publication writes about the “resistance” to Vladimir Zelensky on the part of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny and the Mayor of Kyiv Vitaliy Klitschko).
The material also mentions another one built on sources New York Times article that Russian President Vladimir Putin is allegedly ready to conclude a “truce” if Kyiv and the West recognize the illegally occupied territories of Ukraine as Russian.
What preceded: At a press conference on December 14, Putin said that the war against Ukraine will end when he achieves all his goals – denazification, demilitarization and the neutral status of Ukraine.
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2023-12-27 20:57:35
