US aid will allow Ukraine to hold the front line this year. And next year Kyiv wants to return the conquered territories.
Ukraine, after receiving US military aid, plans to launch a new counter-offensive in 2025. US Presidential National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said this on Saturday, May 4, FT reports.
So, Sullivan said he expects “near-term Russian progress” on the battlefield, despite the new US funding package approved last month, because “it’s impossible to flip the switch right away. ” However, he said, thanks to new help from Washington, Kyiv will be able to “hold the line” and “ensure resistance to the Russian attack” in 2024.
Pointing to the war scenario for the next year, Sullivan said that Ukraine intends to “move forward to recover the territory that the Russians took from them.”
The publication notes that Sullivan’s comments about a potential counteroffensive from Ukraine are the White House’s clearest expression yet of how it sees the conflict developing if President Joe Biden wins the November election. . Any new Ukrainian offensive in 2025 will depend on increased funding from Congress and approval from the White House. But Donald Trump, the former president and likely Republican nominee, is skeptical of Ukraine and has vowed to try to quickly end the conflict and seek a negotiated settlement.
Ukrainian authorities hope that next year they will be able to restore the situation. Speaking to Germany’s Bild last month, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said there were plans for another counter-offensive, but one that relied on more weapons, including from the United States.
Earlier, the deputy head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Vadim Skibitsky, suggested that Russia was preparing for an attack on the Kharkov and Sumy regions in late May or early June.
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