US officials believe Ukraine may not be able to win back regions lost to Russia: Report

Authorities in White House are losing confidence that Ukraine will ever be able to win back all land it lost to Russian forces since onset of ongoing war, US officials told CNN even though America and its allies are funnelling heavier and more sophisticated weaponry to war-torn country. According to report, President Joe Biden’s visers have started debating how and if Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy should shift definition of his nation’s “victory”. discussions are also happening around fact that wher Zelenskyy should just to possibility of his country shrinking irreversibly. 

American officials told CNN that pessimistic assessment of US regarding Russia-Ukraine war is t intended to pressure Kyiv into making any formal concessions to Russia in a bid to end conflict, report ted. tably, re is also hope that Ukrainian forces will be able to take back significant territory in a counteroffensive later this year. A congressional aide familiar with deliberations told US media outlet that a smaller Ukrainian state is t inevitable.

aide told media outlet, “Wher Ukraine can take back se territories is in large part, if t entirely, a function of how much support we give m”. He furr informed that Ukraine h formally asked US for a minimum of 48 multiple launch rocket systems, however, Pentagon has only promised eight. mounting despondency in US came as Biden was meeting with US allies in Europe where he is expected to boast about West’s united strength against Russia and support for Ukraine. 

"We have to stay toger. Putin has been counting on from beginning, that somehow NATO and G7 would splinter, but we haven't and we're t going to," Biden said Sunday while at G7 summit in Bavarian Alps.

US Commandos operating in Kyiv to share intel with Ukraine forces

US has remained stefast in its support for Kyiv ever since Russian President Vlimir Putin anunced a “special” operation in Ukraine. In a major revelation pertaining to ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, some Central Intelligence ncy (CIA) personnel have continued to secretly operate mostly in Kyiv, and have shared intelligence between US and Ukraine. According to a New York Times report, operatives have been involved in an intelligence-sharing operation between Washington and Kyiv despite US President Joe Biden publicly maintaining that it will t deploy American troops in war-torn nation. 

report also stated that apart from CIA nts, a few dozen commandos from or NATO nations including UK, France, Cana and Lithuania, have also been working inside Ukraine, training and vising troops. Citing US officials, NYT stated that it is se foreign operatives who have been providing an “on--ground conduit” for weapons and or aid directed at Ukraine by Western nations to deter Russian forces.

Even before Russian President Vlimir Putin anunced a ‘special’ military operation in Ukraine in late February and Ukraine war came to a he, US Army’s 10th Special Forces Group h been training Ukrainian commandos at a base in Western Ukraine. But, after February 24, operatives established a coalition “planning cell” in Germany, report stated. This so-called “cell” was aimed at coordinating military aid being transferred to Ukrainian troops and since n, it has been augmented by a number of commandos from or NATO member nations.

Im: AP