US Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines said that US intelligence experts believe that in low speed ukraine The struggle would continue for the next several months.
She also said that intelligence officials continue to see the morale of Ukrainian forces rising.
Haines is quoted as saying, “We’re already seeing a kind of slowing down of the conflict and we expect that’s what we’ll see in the coming months.” cnbc,
She was addressing the annual Reagan National Defense Forum in California.
Haines explained that both sets of troops would try to re-supply and prepare themselves for a counter-offensive as soon as winter ended. However, he added that there was doubt as to whether Russia would be ready to launch another retaliatory strike once the winter is over.
“We really doubt whether or not the Russians would actually be willing to do this. I think that’s more optimistic for the Ukrainians in that time frame,” Haines continued.
He said the recent Russian attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure were aimed at lowering the morale of the troops and people.
Haines also said that Russian President Vladimir Putin is now aware of the strengths and weaknesses of his military and is surprised that the Russian military has not achieved what he wanted them to do during the so-called “military campaign” in Ukraine. . ,
He said that the Russian army is facing shortage of ammunition, ammunition and lack of morale.
However, he pointed out that Putin may temporarily reduce his near-term military objectives and return to the issue at a later time.
“It is really quite extraordinary, and our own understanding is that they are not capable of producing indigenously what they are spending at this level. So you see them effectively going to other countries to try to get ammunition. cnbc,
He also said that US intelligence officers also observed movement of ammunition from North Korea, but it was not significant. She said Moscow may need precision munitions from Tehran.
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