In the White House, they do not see the preparation of the Armed Forces for a ground offensive in Ukraine - Kirby

He stressed that the attempts of the Russian Armed Forces to advance in the east and south of Ukraine have no significant success. "We do not see a special movement at the front from the east to the south. None of the parties are making significant progress, and we see any serious impetus by the Russians to some terrestrial offensive," said a representative of the US Presidential Administration.

Kirby said that this does not exclude the attempts of the Russian troops to step when the earth freezes well and harden. When asked about rocket strikes in the cities of Ukraine, the Coordinator of the National Security Council noted that Russian blows to residential quarters, for example, in Kyiv and Kharkiv are intended to break the will of the Ukrainian people. "Attacks on civilian infrastructure, dwellings and territories are not what Putin has avoided in the past.

But what they do - try to break Ukrainian air defense systems. And these air defense systems have proven to be very effective in knocking down many similar objects from the sky ",-Kirby said, adding that Russian troops began to pursue most of the defense-industrial base of Ukraine. He stated that Ukrainians make difficult decisions on the battlefield about when and how many shells to shoot today and what to postpone the next day. And the Russians know about it, Kirby emphasized.

That is why, according to the White House Representative, it is so important to receive additional funding. In addition, Kirby confidently confirmed that Russia had used North Korean missiles in Ukraine. He noted that the White House was disturbing even more relations between the DPRK and the Russian Federation. "We are very carefully monitored for this, as North Korea's desire to create advanced military potential.

And we are concerned not only by Putin's ability to benefit from these relationship Kirby. He added that he was not engaged in intelligence, so he cannot comment on whether North Korea was preparing for an attack or even war. Earlier, on January 17, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba called the last term of assistance to Ukraine from the United States.