Pentagon official claims: Putin probably wants to occupy most of Ukraine

Speaking at a meeting hosted by the new US Center for Security on Tuesday, Pentagon Deputy Chief of Staff Colin Kal said the Russian president may still want to occupy most of Ukraine, but has been forced to pursue tactical goals. Limit war.

He claimed: “I still think he is looking for a significant part of Ukraine, if not the whole country.” I do not think Putin can achieve these goals.

The Pentagon official also said that Russian forces might make tactical gains in areas of Ukraine.

He added: “Ukrainians are resisting.” I do not think the Russians have the capacity to achieve these great goals.

According to IRNA, Russian President Vladimir Putin on February 21, 2022 (March 2, 1400) criticized the West’s indifference to Moscow’s security concerns, recognized the independence of the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics in the Donbas region, and three days later, Thursday, February 24. (March 26, 1400) also launched a military operation against Ukraine, which he called “special operations”, thus changing the tense relations between Moscow and Kiev to a military confrontation.

The war in Ukraine is now in its fourth month, and reactions to the Russian invasion, the shipment of weapons to Ukraine, and the new political, military, economic, and social consequences continue.