“U.S. and European officials said there were no new assessments from the U.S. or Europe that would indicate significant changes on the battlefield or a possible “Russian advantage,” which U.S. President Donald Trump has previously talked about.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
US President Donald Trump. Photo by Getty Images Source: “European truth” with reference to CNN
Details: According to the interlocutors of the TV channel, they do not see any signs that the Russian invaders can quickly win the war.
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A Ukrainian military official acknowledged that the Russians were advancing, but, he said, it was “not a fundamental change compared to what has been happening for the past few months.”
Western officials admit that the situation for Ukraine is difficult.
“Ukraine is gradually losing strategic positions in the east due to exhaustion and limited defensive positions,” said a high-ranking American official.
At the same time, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Latvia, Baiba Braje, emphasized in an interview with CNN that “the truth is that over the last year, Russia has seized less than 1% of the territory of Ukraine.”
“So, of course, this is not a victory in the war. These are not the goals that Putin and the Kremlin seek. He wants to deprive Ukraine of its sovereignty. He wants to subjugate Ukraine as a country. So on the battlefield, they do not achieve this,” she emphasized.
Prehistory:
- Earlier, in the context of his attempts to settle the war between the Russian Federation and Ukraine, Trump expressed the opinion that the Russian side is in a stronger negotiating position.
- At the same time, when asked whether he could distance himself from Ukraine, the American president replied that it was “not quite so”.