{"id":265090,"date":"2023-02-15T08:35:28","date_gmt":"2023-02-15T08:35:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=265090"},"modified":"2023-02-16T07:06:40","modified_gmt":"2023-02-16T07:06:40","slug":"us-pushing-ukraine-to-fight-to-the-end-wapo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=265090","title":{"rendered":"US pushing Ukraine to fight to the end \u2013 WaPo"},"content":{"rendered":"

RT.com — Feb 14, 2023<\/strong><\/h1>\n
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One soldier assists as the wounded are treated outside a farm village in the eastern Donbas region. Click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n

Ukraine has a diminishing window of opportunity to make territorial gains against Russia before military assistance from the US and its allies dwindles, senior American officials have told the Washington Post.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will continue to try to impress upon them that we can\u2019t do anything and everything forever,\u201d<\/em> a senior member of President Joe Biden\u2019s administration was quoted by the newspaper as saying about the Ukrainian leadership.<\/p>\n

Publicly, Biden has pledged to support Kiev for \u201cas long as it takes\u201d<\/em> to defeat Russia. However, that stance does not apply to the extent of resources that Washington is prepared to send, according to the story published by the Post on Monday.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018As long as it takes\u2019 pertains to the amount of conflict,\u201d<\/em> the unnamed official said. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t pertain to the amount of assistance.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

The newspaper cited a shift in mood in the US House of Representatives, where the Republican majority appears increasingly skeptical of Biden\u2019s Ukraine aid policy. It also referenced fatigue in Europe as another key threat for Kiev, as nations struggle with volatile energy prices and rampant inflation. The Ukrainian military likely has until summer to make progress, before the current US weapons package is exhausted, the Post added.<\/p>\n

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said the newspaper had effectively described what officials in Moscow have called a \u201cWestern war against Russia to the last Ukrainian.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cUS neoliberals have destroyed Ukraine and are exterminating the Ukrainian people. American hegemonic ambitions lead to a colossal loss of life,\u201d<\/em> Zakharova stated on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

According to the Post, senior US officials have relayed the Biden administration\u2019s position to the Ukrainian leadership. Its sources said that on occasion it had been difficult to convince Kiev to take Washington\u2019s preferred course of action.<\/p>\n

One example cited was the conduct of the Ukrainian military in Artyomovsk (called Bakhmut by Ukraine), where Kiev\u2019s forces are clinging on even though US officials have told them it is not worth the sacrifice. President Vladimir Zelensky \u201cattaches symbolic importance\u201d<\/em> to the city, the newspaper wrote.<\/p>\n

The report stated that the US wants Kiev to launch a counteroffensive using new deliveries of weapons in the coming months, in an effort to seize as much land as possible before entering into negotiations with Russia.<\/p>\n

Moscow has accused Kiev\u2019s Western backers of derailing peace talks in the early weeks of the conflict. Four former Ukrainian regions have since joined Russia after the local populations voted for the move in referendums. Russian officials have repeatedly asserted that the status of the new territories is non-negotiable.<\/p>\n

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