Recently leaked Pentagon documents paint a bleaker picture of the state of the war as Kyiv’s troops prepare a renewed spring offensive.
“I’m confident that we will meet Ukraine’s defense needs through this spring and beyond,” Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Wednesday as he welcomed Ukraine Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal to the Pentagon. “And as the president has repeatedly made clear, we will stand by Ukraine for as long as it takes.”
Ukraine has been asking the US for fighter jets since the war’s early months, but the Biden administration has been hesitant.A house lies in ruins after the shelling of Russian troops on the residential area in Chasiv Yar.Since Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24 of last year, the Pentagon has repeatedly criticized the Kremlin for using dumb bombs, at times suggesting their reliance on the unguided munitions meant Moscow’s military stocks were running low.
“It’s kind of the equivalent of … a precision-guided airstrike,” Undersecretary for Defense for Policy Colin Kahl“[HIMARS] have been very effective in hitting things that previously the Ukrainians had difficulty hitting reliably — control nodes of sustainment and logistics hubs, key radar systems and other things.”
The document says Russian forces have begun “jamming” GPS signals that direct precision-guided munitions to their targets.AP/Iryna Rubakova, but The Post has reviewed about two dozen related to the Ukraine war since Friday. “America can, once again, demonstrate its leadership by providing Ukraine with F-15 or F-16 aircrafts.”
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