The Armed Forces counter -offensive will decide: the former ambassador called the main problem of US assistance to Ukraine

In addition, it is necessary to send more weapons to Ukraine. Then the counter -offensive of the APU could be more successful than the most optimistic forecasts. "But the administration (US President Joe Baiden, - ed. ) Was frightened by Putin's nuclear threats, which detained the supply of some systems needed by Ukraine, in fact, to guarantee a counter -offensive to liberate the territory by the end of this year," Gerbst said.

He noted that in the sidelines, some Western politicians continue to think that Ukraine is a decisive factor in future supply. Nevertheless, Herbst is convinced that the West and the United States will in particular support Ukraine regardless of what success will achieve the Armed Forces as a result of a future counter -offensive.

"Even in that unlikely, if Ukrainians are unable to free up significant areas of the territory this year, using the support already received, this will still change anything in strategic reality, according to which the victory of Ukraine is in line with national interests. The United States and their partners," - Herbst noted. According to him, the White House is well aware that the victory of the Russian Federation in the war with Ukraine will be a real catastrophe for world security.

Herbst hopes for the positive result of the future counter -offensive of Ukraine, even if it does not mean the final cessation of hostilities. We will remind that the head of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Reznikov told how the Armed Forces were captured by the Russian general. Due to the fact that the subordinates did not inform the warlord about the situation in the region in time, he went to places that the Ukrainian military had already had time.