U.S. won’t push Ukraine to negotiate, NSC’s Kirby says

“President Zelenskyy,” Kirby stated, “he gets to determine how victory is decided and when and on what terms. And [what] we’re going to do is continue to make sure that can succeed on the battlefield so that he can succeed at the table. But even President Zelenskyy will tell you that the time is not now for those discussions.”

Russian troops proceed to try to push ahead, slowly and at nice value in human lives, in Ukraine’s east and now have launched current raids on Kyiv and different cities.

But as different Biden administration officers have accomplished since Russia launched what Putin supposed as a lightning-fast invasion in February, Kirby stated Ukraine has accomplished a a lot better job heading off Russian invaders than anybody thought potential.

“The Ukrainians are fighting really bravely and skillfully, Mike, and they’re not only working to defend territory — and they have done a noble job of that — they’re going on the counteroffensive,” Kirby stated.