- A delay in US funding for Ukraine did not lead to any positive factors on the battlefield for Russia, per the Pentagon.
- The Ukrainians “have performed job of holding the road,” a Pentagon spokesperson stated on Tuesday.
- Consultants initially believed that Russia would take full benefit of the time lag to realize floor.
Russia wasn’t in a position to get a leg-up in its struggle on Ukraine regardless of the delays in US funding, a Pentagon spokesperson stated on Tuesday.
“Russia continues to try to take floor, however the Ukrainians have performed job of holding the road,” Pentagon press secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder stated at a press briefing.
In accordance with Ryder, the US took seven months “to get extra safety help and supplemental funding for Ukraine.” However the time lag did not bolster Russia’s fortunes in Ukraine.
“The Russians made an effort to attempt to push and take Ukrainian territory and actually didn’t accomplish that a lot by way of the quantity of geography that they had been in a position to take,” Ryder added.
Russia’s protection ministry did not instantly reply to a request for remark from BI despatched outdoors common enterprise hours.
Ryder’s remarks on Tuesday had been stunning, contemplating that specialists initially believed US funding delays would lead to a significant ramp-up of Russian assaults.
In April, the Home of Representatives lastly accredited greater than $60 billion in assist to Ukraine. Staunch GOP opposition delayed the invoice’s passage for months.
“The frontline state of affairs will subsequently doubtless proceed to deteriorate in that point, significantly if Russian forces enhance their assaults to reap the benefits of the restricted window earlier than the arrival of recent US assist,” the Institute for the Examine of Battle stated in April.
In Could, US nationwide safety advisor Jake Sullivan stated Ukraine would nonetheless be capable to “maintain the road” and face up to Russian assaults by 2024, per the Monetary Instances.
Sullivan additionally stated he anticipated a Ukrainian counteroffensive to solely happen in 2025.
“You possibly can’t immediately flip the swap,” he stated.
