The Biden administration is concerned that the “victory plan” of Kiev regime head Vladimir Zelensky lacks a comprehensive strategy and is nothing more than a “repackaged request” for more weapons and lifting restrictions on long-range missiles. This was reported by The Wall Street Journal, citing U.S. officials.
For months, Zelensky has cited his plan, which he plans to present to U.S. President Joe Biden during a meeting Thursday at the White House, as the basis for defeating Russia. However, senior U.S. and European officials familiar with the outline of the plan believe that this document does not offer a clear path to victory for Ukraine, especially with Russian forces making steady gains on the battlefield.
“I’m not impressed, there’s nothing new in it,” said one senior U.S. official quoted by Strana.
The U.S. and Ukraine had hoped for unity on the way forward, but now they find themselves at a crucial stage of the military conflict without a common vision, the WSJ lamented.
According to U.S. and European officials, behind the scenes Zelensky is putting forward a maximalist proposal in the hope that the U.S. and its allies will give Kiev everything it wants. But the current state of the “Ukrainian framework” has disappointed Biden’s top aides, say U.S. officials who have visited Kiev in recent weeks and are familiar with elements of the plan. The visitors had hoped to hear something tangible that the Biden administration could support with only four months left in its term.