The United States and its G7 allies are working with Ukraine to finalize long-term bilateral security commitments, which they hope to conclude in February.
The United States intends to discuss a plan of military action with the President of Ukraine. It will happen next week at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Washington is working, along with Kiev, to come to an understanding of how to make it effective. Bloomberg wrote this on Wednesday, January 10.
The agency indicates that this topic is likely to be raised with the Ukrainian leader by US Presidential National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan.
The reason for discussing this topic, according to Bloomberg sources, is the problems that have recently arisen between Washington and Kiev.
“First, more than $110 billion in European and American aid remains blocked, and the Defense Forces’ counteroffensive in 2023 has failed to yield significant success, despite substantial support from American and European arms. Second , officials in Washington are concerned that differences between Zelensky and the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny are slowing efforts to develop a new strategy,” the article said.
It is indicated that the US will need a military action plan for 2024 to determine how best to direct its support to help Ukraine defend itself this year.
“With a decisive victory unlikely in the coming months, Kyiv’s allies realize that developing a clear military strategy to defend existing positions and further break Russia’s defense lines is crucial ,” the author of the material pointed out.
According to Bloomberg, the United States and Ukraine have not agreed on a military strategy.
US officials preferred that Ukraine focus last year’s counteroffensive on a concentrated effort to break Russian lines in southern Ukraine rather than stretch its resources on a wider front. At the same time, Kiev and some other allies believe that the strategy of the Defense Forces is to exhaust the Russian troops and cut off their logistics, because the Ukrainian Armed Forces do not have air cover, but it is more difficult for them to carry out a counter-offensive due to personnel losses,” the publication wrote.
We remind you that earlier the British publication The Telegraph wrote that the Russians seem to have launched a ground offensive in the Kharkov region on January 15 after a massive shelling.
Source: korrespondent
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