focus on US support in Kiev
Washington- The United States is stepping up its military support to Ukraine. According to advances in the American press, Washington is learning to send a Kiev batteries of Patriot missilesone of the most sophisticated air defense systems supplied to Born. If the president Joe Biden will authorize the sending, it would be a response to the requests of the Ukrainian president Zelensky and continued Russian bombing, which has devastated Ukraine’s civilian infrastructure, especially the electricity grid. Moscow reacted to the news by threatening “incalculable consequences”, but the White House it now seems decided. The second news of the week, on the war front, comes from another revelation in the American press. According to NBC Newsan official of the Biden administration, during a hearing in Congress, reported that in Washington’s opinion Ukraine has the military capabilities to reconquer Crimea.
Although a military offensive on the peninsula occupied and annexed by Vladimir Putin in 2014 is not considered imminent, the American assessment reverses what was stated a few weeks ago by the military in Washington, who had excluded this possibility. In this scenario, the Crimea would no longer have to any bargaining chip with Moscow to arrive at a ceasefire and a negotiation. The fear remains that in the face of a complete Ukrainian reconquest of the occupied territories, Putin may react by resorting to atomic weapons, with uncontrollable consequences for the fate of the conflict and the involvement of NATO. Meanwhile, in the new defense budget just approved by Congress, more military aid is planned for Kiev, while the Pentagon announced that starting in January 500 Ukrainian servicemen they will be trained every month in Germany in the use of the most sophisticated weapon systems. The war is also proceeding on the sanctions front. After the new punitive measures announced Thursday by Washington, theEuropean Union on Friday he approved the ninth package of sanctions against Moscow. Among the 200 personalities and entities included in the list, also Putin’s party, United Russia.
Correspondence from Washington of Marco Liconti (LA PRESS)