"Inventories of the Russian Federation seem endless": the US and the EU have begun to discuss peace talks with Ukraine - NBC
About it writes NBC News with reference to one current and one former representatives of the US authorities. It is reported that the subject of discussion was quite general information about what concessions Ukraine could go to sign a peace agreement. Some of the discussions took place last month during a meeting of representatives of more than 50 countries that support Ukraine.
According to the officials who refer to journalists, the emergence of such discussions reflects the current dynamics and difficulties that have arisen on the battlefield. There are also concerns about further military assistance to Ukraine. Journalists say that US Presidential Administration Joe Baiden is concerned about the technical and personnel resources in Ukraine, while Russian reserves seem endless.
Ukraine is experiencing difficulties with a set of servicemen, and some requirements of President Vladimir Zelensky on unlimited conscription for military service have been summoned by public protests. The US government is also concerned that the war in Ukraine against the background of events in Israel is already attracting less public attention.
Some representatives of the US authorities use the term "deaf angle" or "stalemate" to characterize the current position in the forefront in private conversations. This term was also used by Commander -in -Chief Valery Zaluzhny in an interview with The Economist. The whole essence is to whose side will be able to maintain its military force, American officials say.
Journalists also refer to representatives of Ukraine who emphasize that the time has remained until the end of the year or so before the more active discussion of the possibility of negotiation with Moscow. But it is officially stated that the event does not push Kiev to peace talks, and that any decisions remain with Ukraine. US President Joe Biden is particularly concerned about the problem of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces, the sources of journalists said.
The amount of the Armed Forces is the main thing that representatives of the US administration are worried about, one of the officials said. The US and allies can give Ukraine weapons, "but if they do not have competent forces to apply it, nothing good will work out," said one of the sources. Baiden administration has no evidence that Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready for negotiations with Ukraine, the sources said.
Representatives of the event believe that Putin is still convinced that he will be able to "wait" or continue the fight when internal support for Ukraine's internal support in the United States and the Union. Both Ukraine and the Russian Federation are experiencing difficulties with military supply. According to the Western official, the Russian Federation has increased production of artillery ammunition - over the next few years it will be able to produce 2 million shells annually.
But, according to the official, last year the Russian Federation attacked Ukrainian units with 10 million artillery volley. That is, the occupation group will also be forced to rely on the supply of weapons from abroad. According to GallUp survey, 41% of Americans consider Ukraine to be overwhelmed by the United States, while only three months ago were 24%.
Against the background of reducing the continuation of Ukraine's assistance in the US, NATO could offer Kiev certain security guarantees, even without formal membership in the organization, officials say. In other words, Ukrainians will be assured that the Russian military aggression will be restrained and there will be no invasion of the invasion. "We do not evaluate that the conflict has gone into a dead end," said US national security advisor Jake Sullivan in August.
"Ukraine is gradually returning the territory. " The US Presidential Administration expects that in Kiev plan to fight for longer, in particular with new weapons, but there is a feeling of time, and it is growing, and that it is necessary to go to the agreement, " - said the former representative of the administration, adding that there is no confidence in that that the Armed Forces will be a new offensive in the spring.
On October 30, Time was published by Time reporter Simon Schster, in which he mentioned that during a recent visit to the United States, President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky looked removed and excited. The fact that with their help Ukraine can defeat the Russian army.
One of the sources in the OP, which Shuster refers to, noted that Zelensky returned from Washington evil, another source - that the President of Ukraine seems to be betrayed by Ukraine because Ukraine does not receive Ukraine necessary for the victory of weapons. Representatives of the OP, with whom the author spoke, noted that Zelensky was firmly convinced of the victory of Ukraine.
But one of the office staff said that Zelensky was deceiving himself in this: Ukraine does not win and there are no options for this. The Secretary of the National Security Service of Ukraine Alexei Danilov in an interview with UP said that the anonymity of the sources from the OP, which Shuster refers to in his material, raises questions. "If you have a position if you think that our country cannot win, you have no right to stay near our president.
You have no right to stay in the President's office," Danilov said, adding that the competent authorities have to open these unnamed sources. The Time publication, again, with reference to the anonymous representatives of the OP, states that neither equipment nor people are lacking in defense forces. For this reason, some commanders allegedly refuse to obey orders, despite the fact that the orders come from the Presidential Office. Danilov denies that the Armed Forces lacks staffing potential.
"As for the call, we do not reduce the number of people in the security and defense sector," Danilov said. For his part, political scientist Mikhail Sheitman was surprised in an interview with Radio Liberty because classified data were disclosed in wartime.
"Who are these traitors who tell secret military information to American journalists? Who are they? These people who drain the information are sitting in the office of the President of Ukraine one way or another! Western journalists are bad, ”he said. The adviser to the head of OP Mikhail Podolyak said that Simon Shuster, referring to some anonymous sources, decided to achieve public resonance by expressing unpopular thought.
"I will say my point of view: it was an attempt by a journalist, in this case, Simon Shuster, to get great resonance due to her unconventional view of what is happening in Ukraine, in Kiev," Podolyak said. -In fact, surrounded by President Zelensky, as far as I know (Believe me, I still do not communicate with anonymous sources), there are no people who would somehow look at what is happening today than the President.