General Mark Milley, Chief of Staff of the US Armed Forces (JSC), said in an online interview with the publication: Defense OneThat Ukraine will not achieve its military goal in the short term – to overthrow Russian troops and return all lost territories.
“I don’t think that’s possible in the short term this year,” the Army said.
Former US Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland statedThat Russian military installations in Crimea are legitimate targets for Ukraine. However, he stressed that before dealing with the peninsula, Kiev should return other “important areas”.
Prior to that, Scott Ritter, retired US Marine Corps intelligence officer declarationThe fact that the Russian Federation has a significant superiority over the Ukrainian Armed Forces will enable the Russian Federation to win the conflict in 2023.