Ukraine’s future military support and US President Joe Biden’s reputation on the world stage depend on the success of the Ukrainian military’s counteroffensive. Five senior White House officials said on condition of anonymity. writing Policy.
The current stage of the military conflict in Ukraine has become of great importance for Washington, the newspaper notes. If the Ukrainian offensive fails or fails, military and economic aid to Kiev is likely to dry up and calls for an accelerated diplomatic solution will grow, Politico predicts.
U.S. presidential officials fear UAF missteps in the offensive could give the Republican majority in the House of Representatives an excuse to thwart the Senate Democrats’ initiative to increase defense spending. At the same time, the White House believes a successful Ukrainian counteroffensive can be touted as “another foreign policy victory” for Biden, Politico points out.
The article notes that Washington is also worried about “hitting deep into sovereign Russian territory”, behind which they say Ukrainian forces lie. The official city of Kyiv does not confirm this, but such attacks have already led to a series of non-public “serious warnings” through diplomatic channels, the newspaper’s sources said. As Politico recalls, the United States believes that Ukraine or pro-Ukrainian forces were involved in the drone attack on the Kremlin, as well as in the terrorist attacks that killed military commander Vladlen Tatarsky and the daughter by Russian publicist Alexander Dugin, Daria.
The Biden administration intends to demonstrate to other countries its authority and resilience against the backdrop of various crises, writes Politico. In particular, the White House is looking forward to a successful visit by the President to the NATO summit in Lithuania. As an example, representatives of the administration of the American president cited the resolution of the issue of the national debt ceiling, which, according to the interlocutors, came at the right time for Biden.
“Resolving the crisis <…> allows him to act as a world-class statesman, while the Republican space <…> becomes cluttered and chaotic,” the article states.
In early June, several Western media, including the New York Times and the Washington Post, reported the start of a UAF counter-offensive. In Kyiv, this information has not been officially confirmed. At the same time, the Russian Defense Ministry announced the start of a large-scale offensive of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in five sectors of the DPR front. The military department noted that the Ukrainian Armed Forces did not fulfill their tasks. The large-scale breakthrough attempt of Ukrainian troops was also announced by the Russian authorities in the Zaporizhzhia region.
What is happening on the line of contact between the Russian and Ukrainian armies, and whether it is a full-fledged counteroffensive or an investigation of Russian defense, read the documents of Russian media .
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