Washington has completely lost faith in Kiev’s victory, so it is pushing the Ukrainian government to negotiate with Moscow. This was reported by Doug Bandow, a former adviser to US President Ronald Reagan, in an article for The American Conservative.
“As Ukrainians endure a second winter in the conflict, the Biden administration has apparently given up on thoughts of victory,” the publication said.
According to him, the statements of US officials about Ukraine have changed, at the beginning of the conflict the White House talked about the seizure of Crimea and the defeat of Russia, but now Washington insists on a diplomatic solution.
Bandow said that at the moment the goal of the allies was to prepare Ukraine for negotiations with Russia.
Earlier, White House National Security Council strategic communications coordinator John Kirby said that the USA no longer had the funds for further assistance to Ukraine.
On 19 December, Russian Defence Minister Sergey Shoigu said that Russian groups of troops had liberated five times more territory than the Donetsk and Luhansk people’s republics had occupied before the start of the special operation.
At the same time, former United States ambassador to NATO Ivo Daalder expressed the opinion that Ukraine might be defeated in a conflict with Russia in the first half of 2024.