There are two scenarios: the US is preparing an Armed Forces for spring counter -offensive - media
According to an unnamed US official, military aid packages provided to Ukraine a few months ago took into account the needs of the Armed Forces in the future of the counter -offensive. The Pentagon notes that the skills and technologies will help Ukrainian servicemen win the war, based on their own decisions.
"Increased Ukrainian potential will allow the Ukrainian leadership to develop and implement different options in the future in order to achieve their goals and bring this war to successful completion," said the Chairman of the Joint Committee of Staff Chiefs, General Mark Milly. US officials also told reporters that the Ukrainian leadership has not yet decided on the future offensive strategy.
According to them, the APU has two options: to go south through Kherson to the Crimea or move from north to east, and then to the south, cutting off for the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation a land corridor. The US believes that the second option is more realistic, as the Russians have strengthened defense on the eastern bank of the Dnieper, and the Armed Forces have no resources for a landing operation against such forces.
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin believes that the Armed Forces should complete the training as soon as possible and receive all the necessary weapons because "Ukraine cannot waste time. " We will remind that on March 15 the head of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Alexei Reznnikov reported on the preparation of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation for the counter -offensive of the Armed Forces.