Biden officials privately doubt that Ukraine can win back all of its territory

[former9thward]

(CNN)White House officials are losing confidence that Ukraine will ever be able to take back all of the land it has lost to Russia over the past four months of war, US officials told CNN, even with the heavier and more sophisticated weaponry the US and its allies plan to send.

Advisers to President Joe Biden have begun debating internally how and whether Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky should shift his definition of a Ukrainian "victory" -- adjusting for the possibility that his country has shrunk irreversibly.

US officials emphasized to CNN that this more pessimistic assessment does not mean the US plans to pressure Ukraine into making any formal territorial concessions to Russia in order to end the war. There is also hope that Ukrainian forces will be able to take back significant chunks of territory in a likely counteroffensive later this year.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/28/politics/white-house-ukraine-projection/index.html

[dchill]

1. Well, sure - if they're not going to get more help.

[BeyondGeography]

2. Planted story by someone who has no fear of accountability

Btw, has Biden fired anyone yet?

[Autumn]

3. That's exactly why they should get more help.

[uponit7771]

4. Sounds uninformed, Ukr is killing Rus troops that can't be replaced... they eventually win no matter

... how much dirt (that doesn't fight) Rus takes.