U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, commenting on the assumption that Ukraine will not be able to achieve the key goal of the counteroffensive this year, pointed to the unpredictability of the war and the belief in the possibility of progress of the Ukrainian defenders.
Source: Sullivan at a press conference at Camp David on Friday, quoted “European truth“
Details: Joseph Biden’s adviser commented on an article in The Washington Post, which, citing American intelligence sources, claims that Ukraine will not be able to reach the key goal of the counteroffensive before the cold weather, namely, to reach the city of Melitopol in the Zaporozhye region, because even the release of Tokmak will be difficult , given the three lines of defense of the Russians.
The White House official recalled that over the past two years, there have been numerous analyzes of how Russia’s war against Ukraine will develop, and they have changed “as dynamic conditions on the battlefield have changed.”
Biden’s adviser stressed that the US would not make predictions about a war in Ukraine because it is “inherently unpredictable.”
Sullivan’s direct speech: “What we have said in different venues and different briefings remains the same: we are doing everything possible to support Ukraine and its counter-offensive. We are not going to interfere with the result …
I have faith and confidence in the ability and especially the courage of the Ukrainian military to achieve further progress on the battlefield.”
This was preceded: On August 11, the Pentagon announced that APU performed a miracle, driving the Russians on the defensive. The US Defense Department also records the advance of the Ukrainian Armed Forces during the counteroffensive, but predicts that this there will be a hard and long struggle.
2023-08-18 14:51:20
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