Minister Lloyd said Austin During a congressional hearing "Putin thought he could control Ukraine Very quickly, very quickly capture the capital. I was wrong".
He added before the Senate Armed Services Committee "I think Putin has given up his efforts to control the capital and is now focusing on the south and east of the country".
For his part, the Chief of Staff of the US Army, General Mark Millie The outcome of the war, which appears to be prolonged, is still uncertain.
Mielle said that the war "It will be long term… There is still a big battle ahead in the southeast as the Russians intend to build up forces and continue their offensive. So it is not yet clear how this will all end".
Ukraine has received about 60,000 units of anti-tank systems from the United States and its allies, and the Ukrainian army uses anti-personnel mines that force the Russian military to fight in positions that make them more vulnerable, General Milley noted during the same session.
The West also supplied the Ukrainians with about 25,000 units of anti-aircraft systems of various types, which prevented Russia from taking control of Ukrainian airspaceAccording to the US military official.
He noted that the Ukrainian army is now asking for tanks and artillery to be able to repel the next Russian attack.
The Chief of Staff of the US Army explained that "The terrain (in the southeast) is different from that in the north. It is more open and conducive to armored operations on both sides… They can benefit from more tanks and artillery, and that’s what they’re asking for.".
The Secretary of Defense seemed to acknowledge that the United States considered, at least at the beginning of the conflict, that Ukraine It will not be able to regain control of the breakaway regions of Donetsk and Luhansk, which are located in the basin دونباس Which Moscow recently announced that it will focus its operations there.
In response to questions from Republican Senator Tom Cotton about the nature of the information that US military intelligence is sharing with the Ukrainians, Austin made it clear that it does not yet cover the breakaway regions.
The Minister of Defense said at the beginning of his answer "We provide them with intelligence information to carry out operations" including in دونباس.
But when Cotton asked him whether that information related to areas controlled by pro-Russian separatists since 2014, he acknowledged that the instructions given to military analysts so far "Unclear".
و .ضاف "We want to make sure it’s clear to our forces… That’s the point of the new instructions (to be issued) today".
And she was US intelligence She announced the start of the war in Ukraine with remarkable accuracy, but she did not expect fierce Ukrainian resistance. The intelligence was afraid that Kyiv would fall within 48 hours and that Ukrainian President Volodymyr would be impeached Zelensky Immediately replace it with a pro-Russian regime.
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Minister Lloyd said Austin During a congressional hearing, “Putin thought he could control Ukraine Very quickly, very quickly capture the capital. He was wrong.”
He told the Senate Armed Services Committee, “I believe that Putin has abandoned his efforts to control the capital and is now focusing on the south and east of the country.”
For his part, the Chief of Staff of the US Army, General Mark Millie The outcome of the war, which appears to be prolonged, is still uncertain.
Milley said the war “will be of long duration… There is still a big battle ahead in the southeast where the Russians intend to build up forces and continue their offensive. So it is not yet clear how this will all end.”
Ukraine has received about 60,000 units of anti-tank systems from the United States and its allies, and the Ukrainian army uses anti-personnel mines that force the Russian military to fight in positions that make them more vulnerable, General Milley noted during the same session.
The West also supplied the Ukrainians with about 25,000 units of anti-aircraft systems of various types, which prevented Russia from taking control of Ukrainian airspaceAccording to the US military official.
He noted that the Ukrainian army is now asking for tanks and artillery to be able to repel the next Russian attack.
“The terrain (in the southeast) is different from that in the north. It is more open and conducive to armor operations on both sides…They can benefit from more tanks and artillery, and that’s what they’re asking for,” the US Army Chief of Staff explained.
The Secretary of Defense seemed to acknowledge that the United States considered, at least at the beginning of the conflict, that Ukraine It will not be able to regain control of the breakaway regions of Donetsk and Luhansk, which are located in the basin دونباس Which Moscow recently announced that it will focus its operations there.
In response to questions from Republican Senator Tom Cotton about the nature of the information that US military intelligence is sharing with the Ukrainians, Austin made it clear that it does not yet cover the breakaway regions.
“We provide them with intelligence information to carry out operations,” the defense minister said at the beginning of his answer دونباس.
But when Cotton asked him whether that information related to areas controlled by pro-Russian separatists since 2014, he acknowledged that the instructions given to military analysts so far were “unclear”.
He added, “We want to make sure that the matter is clear to our forces… This is the goal of the new instructions (which) will be issued today.”
And she was US intelligence She announced the start of the war in Ukraine with remarkable accuracy, but she did not expect fierce Ukrainian resistance. The intelligence was afraid that Kyiv would fall within 48 hours and that Ukrainian President Volodymyr would be impeached Zelensky Immediately replace it with a pro-Russian regime.