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Gulf Insider
27-03-2025
- Politics
- Gulf Insider
Russia Winning In Ukraine, Continually Gaining Leverage: US Intel Community
The US government in its 2025 Annual Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community – which was just released by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence in conjunction with top officials' testimony at a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing Tuesday – has admitted that Ukraine's battlefield prospects are fading amid the onslaught of superior Russian forces. Currently, Moscow has 'seized the upper hand' in the war over the past year, the fresh assessment warns, and 'is on a path to accrue greater leverage' as peace talks with Washington are underway. 'Even though Russian President [Vladimir] Putin will be unable to achieve the total victory he envisioned when initiating the large-scale invasion in February 2022, Russia retains momentum as a grinding war of attrition plays to Russia's military advantages,' the report states. 'This grinding war of attrition will lead to a gradual but steady erosion of Kyiv's position on the battlefield, regardless of any U.S. or allied attempts to impose new and greater costs on Moscow,' it continues. This should come as no surprise to any objective observer; however, what is surprising is the huge amount of Russian losses estimated by US intelligence. While there's no way of verifying such information, the report claims that there are over 750,000 dead and wounded on the Russian side. Still, the intel community emphasizes the Russian military machine's ability to quickly replenish personnel while growing its industrial capacity to continually support the war. On the prospect for achieving a quick peace settlement, the report notes that both Russian and Ukrainian leadership 'probably still see the risks of a longer war as less than those of an unsatisfying settlement.' 'For Russia, positive battlefield trends allow for some strategic patience, and for Ukraine, conceding territory or neutrality to Russia without substantial security guarantees from the West could prompt domestic backlash and future insecurity.' 'Regardless of how and when the war in Ukraine ends, Russia's current geopolitical, economic, military, and domestic political trends underscore its resilience and enduring potential threat to U.S. power, presence, and global interests,' it adds. Click here to read more…
Yahoo
25-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
UN Security Council okays Russia-friendly Ukraine war resolution
The UN Security Council voted on Monday in favour of a US government resolution on Ukraine that calls for a rapid end to the war but does not name Russia as the aggressor. This is the first time that the most powerful UN body has reached a joint decision on the war. Ten countries voted in favour of the resolution and five abstained, thereby reaching the required majority. The United States voted with Russia and China, while all five European countries on the Council - Great Britain, France, Slovenia, Denmark and Greece - abstained. In theory, the British and French have the right to veto a resolution, but they have not used it since 1989. Resolutions in the UN Security Council are binding under international law. The adopted document, entitled "The Path to Peace," does not name Moscow as the aggressor in the war and does not call for a Russian withdrawal, merely a swift end to the war. US ambassador: Resolution is not a peace agreement The British UN ambassador, Barbara Woodward, spoke out clearly against the resolution: "There can be no equivalence between Russia and Ukraine in how this Council refers to this war," she said in a speech before the council that was also released as a statement. The vote came on the third anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. "Today, we remember the millions of Ukrainians displaced, the tens of thousands of civilians killed, the lives destroyed by [Russian] President [Vladimir] Putin's imperial ambition," Woodward said. France's UN ambassador, Nicolas de Rivière said peace and security is not possible if aggression is rewarded. US ambassador Dorothy Shea said the resolution was a first step. "This resolution puts us on the path to peace," she said. "It is a first step, but a crucial one, one of which we should all be proud. Now we must use it to build a peaceful future for Ukraine, Russia and the international community." Earlier on Monday, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution with support of European countries, but not the US, that identified Moscow as the aggressor in the war and demanded Russian troops withdraw from Ukrainian territory. Unlike the Security Council, resolutions in the General Assembly are not legally binding - but a vote in the UN's largest body is seen as a global test of sentiment.
