WASHINGTON, July 23 (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that while Ukraine has reconquered half the territory that Russia initially seized in its invasion, Kyiv faced a “a very hard fight” to win back more.
“It’s already taken back about 50% of what was initially seized,” Blinken said in an interview to CNN on Sunday.
“These are still relatively early days of the counteroffensive. It is tough,” he said, adding: “It will not play out over the next week or two. We’re still looking I think at several months.”
Hopes that Ukraine could quickly clear Moscow’s forces from its territory following the launch of a summer counteroffensive are fading as Kyiv’s troops struggle to breach heavily entrenched Russian positions in the country’s south and east.
Late last month President Volodymyr Zelenskiy was quoted as saying that progress against Russian forces was “slower than desired” but that Kyiv would not be pressured into speeding it up.
I’ll believe it when inside Ukrainian sources say the same thing.
We’re still looking I think at several months.”
Kinda odd that a US state official is talking about this in language implying it’s the US’s war? Removes the whole facade that this isn’t US+Ukraine vs Russia that everyone’s pretending isn’t happening.
Slava Ukraini
I’m sorry your soviet comrades are getting their shit pushed in and the ruble is becoming worthless.
Oh and here’s some proof of nazis in Russia. Enjoy!
So he’s trying to argue the blue area = the red area in size. Doesn’t look exactly so.
Blinken makes no distinction between what territory changed hands before 2022 and after. That wasn’t the claim
Edit: Even so, the red area that is not outlined still looks bigger than the blue areas.
It’s funny that he works for the US government and his name is A. Blinken
It sounds like a joke from Robin Hood: Men in Tights
Also he has a band called “Ablinken,” so you know he definitely leans into the joke.
They’re on Spotify, and surprisingly fun. Gen X dad-rock.
