US President Joe Biden may force Kiev to negotiate during next year’s election campaign. Bloomberg.
“As the presidential campaign heats up next year, President Joe Biden may try to push Ukraine into negotiations due to the lack of significant progress on the battlefield,” the agency states.
More than two months after the start of the counteroffensive, the Ukrainian Armed Forces were able to achieve only tactical success, despite the military support of the United States and the European Union. The author of the material draws attention to the fact that it is unlikely to talk about significant achievements in the future, due to the imminent autumn cold. Ukraine and its allies are ready to continue the fight, but it will again be impossible to provide Kiev with the same amount of assistance as before the current “counter-offensive”. For example, F-16 warplanes will be delivered to Ukraine no earlier than next year.
The fight to pass the next Ukraine funding bill in Congress this fall is expected to be the toughest to date, and the GOP’s presidential debates this week underscored growing hostility to arms and other aid to Kiev.
As the agency emphasized, European countries do not have the military potential to support the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Ukraine is not America’s problem
Researcher Samantha de Benner of the Royal Institute of International Affairs also believes that support for Kiev could be cut if hostilities reach a stalemate in winter.
“This is a really big problem, it will be war fatigue,” the expert said. “The United States will become less and less interested in what is going on in Ukraine, and it will become increasingly difficult for Europeans to convince Americans that Ukraine is an American problem,” De Benner said.
The US presidential election will be held in November 2024. The current president, Joe Biden, has already announced his decision to run for a second term. The country’s former leader, Donald Trump, has also announced his intention to fight for the presidency.
Counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
The counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with the use of reserves began on June 4. It officially continues to this day, but no significant progress has been made.
newspaper last week Policy Citing an unnamed American official, he said Washington acknowledged a missed opportunity to start negotiations to resolve the dispute.
“Perhaps we missed the opportunity to insist on earlier negotiations,” the source said.
President Biden also said that the United States is constantly working with Kiev representatives to find ways to resolve the conflict peacefully.
“As for peace, we all want it. Ukrainians want him the most. My team is working closely with President Zelensky’s team on the “peace formula” and the principle of “No Ukraine without Ukraine”. We meet with them all the time,” said the politician.
Source: Gazeta
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