According to the British minister, Vladimir Putin made “military” decisions to win the war in Ukraine before the May 9 Victory Day parade in Russia.
Thousands of Russians will be lost due to Putin’s desire to be seen as a “hero” before next month’s celebration of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany in World War II, The Independent reported, citing British Defense Secretary James Heapey.
“The fact that he ordered the military victory to be sealed by May 9 worries the commanders, who know from all the training of the command staff that going on the offensive before they have mustered all their combat power is absolute nonsense,” he said. Hippie before breakfast BBC. “The last one or two weeks in the Donbass have been incredibly bad, which means that the terrain is now not conducive to maneuvering a heavy army.”
He told Sky News that “getting the Russian military to launch an offensive now so that Putin can have a nice sunny day on May 9” would cost Russia dearly.
Today, the United States hosts more than 40 countries in talks on the defense of Ukraine in Germany, which will focus on arming Ukraine.
This will come after Washington approves a $165 million munitions sale to Ukraine and also provides more than $300 million in funding to purchase additional supplies following a high-profile visit by US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin.
“Russia is failing. Ukraine is making progress,” Blinken said the day after his visit to Kyiv.
Austin went even further, adding that the United States wants Ukraine to remain a sovereign democratic state, and they want “Russia to be weakened to the point where it can’t do things like invade Ukraine.”
Austin’s remarks seem to be a change in the broader strategic goals of the United States. Previously, the US position was that US military assistance was intended to help Ukraine defeat and protect Ukraine’s NATO neighbors from Russian threats.
In an apparent response to Austin, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated that Russia “has a feeling that the West wants Ukraine to keep fighting and, in their opinion, exhausted the Russian army and the Russian military-industrial complex.” It’s an illusion.”