Britain and the U.S. will support Ukraine regardless of whether its military can recover territory from Russia in a planned counteroffensive. Top Ukrainian officials have said they worry the offensive could fall short of Western expectations.
“We need to continue to support them irrespective of whether this forthcoming offensive generates huge gains on the battlefield because until this conflict is resolved and resolved properly, it is not over,” Cleverly said.the offensive, which aims to recapture areas seized by Russia following President Vladimir Putin’s February 2022 invasion, could fall short of Western expectations, potentially jeopardizing needed assistance in the future. The operation is expected to begin in coming weeks.
“There is not a zero sum choice between some of the work we’re doing around the world and the work that we’re doing at home,” he said.from House Speaker Kevin McCarthy , which were seen as a counterweight to skepticism voiced by some other House Republicans about America’s need to defend Ukraine.While polls show that public support for U.S. aid to Ukraine has waned, especially among Republicans, congressional leaders of both parties continue to back the war.
Blinken said the United States would continue to provide Ukraine the weaponry that Washington believes Kyiv needs in its fight. “The focus is on the Ukrainian efforts that we anticipate to try to retake more of the territory that’s been seized from Ukraine by Russia over the last 14-plus months,” he said.
The United States is by far the largest backer of Ukraine. On Tuesday, the Biden administration announcedLeaked U.S. intelligence assessments from earlier this year predicted thatThose reports intensified questions about whether Kyiv can achieve its stated goal of recovering Russian-held territory, including Crimea, which Putin illegally annexed in 2014, or whether it will have to make concessions to end the violence.
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