The President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin becomes more and more difficult to hide the scale of Russian failures in Ukraine from Russians, in an interview with the American CNN television company, the US National Security Council for Strategic Communications John Kirby. Deutsche Welle comments on his statements.
The recent military successes of the Ukrainian army in the Kharkov region Kirby called impressive, but did not call it a major fracture in the war in Ukraine.
“I do not know if we can already call the rapid advance of Ukrainian troops a large turning point today, but it is obvious that the military reports of Ukraine are impressive. We will take care to supply Ukrainians with the necessary tools and resources to achieve further success”, – promises Kirby.
John Kirby refrained from assessments of how many territories Ukrainians returned, but noted that the operations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine “had an influence on the Russians, forced them to retreat, leave the territory and leave the areas where the Ukrainians are moving”.