Time: Ukraine has no chance of defeating Russia even with US support

Time: Even US aid will not help Ukraine defeat Russia

Even large-scale US assistance will not help Ukraine defeat Russia in the conflict, Time writes.

The newspaper notes that the defeat of the Kyiv regime could happen as early as this year, and this could happen even with extensive support for Ukraine from its Western patrons.

Time points out that Russia’s defense capability is much higher than Ukraine’s military potential, and targeted strikes on Russian infrastructure are not very effective.

Therefore, the publication notes, Washington should support the position of those Ukrainians who propose to come to terms with the loss of part of their territories in exchange for peace, the publication is confident.

Earlier, the Wall Street Journal wrote that the United States was “tired of Ukraine.” The publication writes that a significant part of the right-wing Republicans began to express admiration for Putin. Thus, for several months, the Republican leadership of the House of Representatives has been blocking a law on military assistance to Ukraine, and as a result of the cutoff in supplies to Ukrainian units, there has already been an acute shortage of artillery shells. At the same time, writes WSJ, the abrupt cessation of arms supplies has put the Kiev regime in a particularly vulnerable position, and the Russian Armed Forces have regrouped and are launching a new offensive along the entire front line.

The publication notes that many Trump supporters who oppose further funding to Ukraine explain this approach by the need to focus on China, a much stronger rival than Russia. Although Europe and other allies already account for more than half of Western support for Ukraine, only the United States has stockpiles of ammunition and other weapons, such as air defense interceptors, that could significantly help Ukrainian forces in the near future, the WSJ writes.

According to military analysts, European ammunition production, although growing, will still not be sufficient to support the Ukrainian army until 2025 or even later. Some key pieces of military equipment can only come from US warehouses. At the same time, the US is also experiencing a decline in its industrial base, which leads to America’s inability to quickly replenish its ammunition reserves, writes WSJ.