U.S. Says, Putin’s Latest Actions Show 'Desperation'
Washington on Wednesday made it clear that it would not change its commitment to arming Ukraine to defend itself, and that Putin’s latest actions show “desperation” and are an “act of weakness,” Senior Biden Administration official said, TURAN's U.S, correspondent reports.
“This is another episode in what has been a series of episodes over the course of this war where Putin is trying to rattle his saber trying to scare us off trying to make us think twice about our strategy," the senior official said.
Putin, the official added, "has not succeeded before and he won't succeed now, but that doesn't mean that we're blind to the dynamics that could relate to escalation and that we weren't thinking carefully through in close consultation with our allies and with Ukrainians how we would deal with that.”
Secretary of State Antony Blinken also said in a statement that Putin’s call to partially mobilize Russian citizens, directing them to fight in Ukraine, "reflects the Kremlin’s struggles on the battlefield, the unpopularity of the war, and Russians’ unwillingness to fight in it."
"President Putin is not operating from a position of strength; rather, this is another sign of his failing mission," Blinken noted. "We have every confidence that the people of Ukraine will continue to demonstrate resolve and bravery on the battlefield in support of their sovereignty and independence."
Alex Raufoglu
Washington D.C.
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- 22 September 2022 10:55
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