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US gives Ukraine enough not to lose, but not enough to win - former US ambassador to NATO

23 October, 2023 Monday
21:00

Former US Ambassador to NATO Douglas Lute believes that the US gave Ukraine enough not to lose, but not enough to win

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He said this on Espreso TV. 

"As for winning the war, we propose a different approach to provide Ukraine with the military capabilities it needs. We say that there are qualitative requirements for the quality of weapons, as well as quantitative requirements for weapons and time requirements," he said.

Lute added that according to all three of these criteria, the United States is still not up to the task of conducting military operations in Ukraine.

"I would say that we have given Ukraine enough not to lose, but not enough to win. We think it is absolutely fundamental for us to change this dynamic and give Ukraine the full measure of what it needs. We also disagree with the current approach, which we see as too slow, bureaucratic, and incremental, moving step by step. And for every iteration of military assistance, it comes too late. And I will answer as a former military officer - this means that Ukrainians are paying a price for this approach. We call for an end to this approach and a more serious approach to winning the war," he emphasized.

  • The United States has signed a $192 million contract with Raytheon Missiles and Defense to supply AMRAAM missiles as part of the aid budget for Ukraine

  • The new US military aid package for Ukraine will include armor-piercing ammunition containing depleted uranium for the first time

  • Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine Andrii Veselovsky believes that the issue of supplying ATACMS missiles will be postponed until the adoption of separate legislation providing for the allocation of $24 billion in aid to Ukraine

  • Joe Biden and the Pentagon have long been opposed to providing Ukraine with long-range ATACMS missiles, which Kyiv requested to attack Russian targets deep in their rear

  • On Tuesday, October 17, Ukraine employed American long-range ATACMS missiles against Russian troops for the first time. These missiles had been covertly supplied by the United States just a few days prior

  • On Tuesday, October 17, the White House confirmed the delivery of ATACMS missiles to Ukraine. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said they would be used against Russian troops, and Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief Valerii Zaluzhnyi demonstrated how Ukrainian defenders used them

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