In the US, the Armed Forces will not be returned to Crimea in the near future, the authorities of Ukraine are "angry" - Politico

This was stated by the US Department of Defense at a secret briefing to the House of Representatives on the Armed Forces, the US edition of Politico writes. Journalists say that it is unclear what led to the speakers to such an assessment. However, the sources say that the Pentagon does not believe that Ukraine has or will soon be able to release the peninsula captured by Russia.

Another source reported that the briefing was more ambiguous, but the essence remains that the victory of Ukraine in the offensive in order to regain its annexed territory is not guaranteed. According to journalists, the speakers were the deputy assistant to the Minister of Defense from Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia Laura Cooper and Lieutenant General Head of the Operations Department of the United Staff Douglas Sims.

Meanwhile, the Pentagon stated that they are not going to comment closed briefings and will not speak "hypotheses or speculate on possible future operations. " "From the point of view of Ukraine's ability to fight and return the sovereign territory, their wonderful actions in the reflection of Russian aggression and the constant ability to adapt on the battlefield speak for themselves," said the official representative of the US Defense Ministry.

The rating of the speakers is in line with the fact that the Chairman of the Joint Committee of Chiefs of Staff, Henaral Mark Millie has mentioned in recent weeks. On January 20, he said that it would be difficult for Ukraine to knock out Russian troops from all over the territory in 2023. "This does not mean that this cannot be. It does not mean that it will not happen, but it will be very, very difficult," he said.

According to the publication, the Zelensky administration was "angry" through the words of Millie. Because in the spring, Ukraine prepares a large -scale offensive. In addition, Kyiv also noted that the US Intelligence on the military abilities of the Ukrainian army was constantly mistaken during the almost annual war. We will remind, on January 31 the head of GUR Kirill Budanov stated that Ukraine intends to return Crimea to the summer.