2023-09-01 16:19:41
The United States has “noted in the past 72 hours significant advances by the Ukrainian armed forces” in the south, a spokesman for the National Security Council of the White House said on Friday.
Referring to recent criticism in the American press by unnamed officials of the Ukrainian counter-offensive, John Kirby said: “to criticize a (country) partner and friend who is trying to move forward under bloody, dreadful, violent, it is really not useful.
“Our priority is to ensure that they are prepared to continue these advances, that they have the instruments and the techniques, that they have the training” necessary, added the spokesperson.
“Even ignoring the past 72 hours, no objective observer of this counter-offensive might say that they haven’t made progress,” John Kirby said.
“It has been slow in some areas (…), but they are fighting bravely every day,” added this former admiral, saying that he himself would be careful not to comment on Ukrainian strategy “from (his) sofa” .
The United States is the leading provider of military assistance to Ukraine.
For a month, the American media have quoted military officials, requesting anonymity, criticizing the Ukrainian strategy to retake occupied areas.
In essence, they reproach Kiev for a certain dispersion, which would prevent its army from committing enough forces in the right place to push the Russian troops.
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