Pentagon Worried About Ukraine's Shortages In Soldiers, Equipment, And Ammo. U.S. Officials Pushing Ukraine For An Offensive In May

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley DoD  

Politico: ‘Ukraine doesn’t have any time to waste’: U.S. races to prepare Kyiv for spring offensive  

Washington is increasingly concerned about Ukraine’s dwindling supply of ammo and air defenses. 

The U.S. military is rushing equipment to the battlefield and training Ukrainian forces at a rapid pace, ahead of a major offensive against Russia expected by late spring. 

 Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin projected a sense of urgency on Wednesday after a virtual meeting of the multinational Ukraine Defense Contact Group, saying that “Ukraine doesn’t have any time to waste.” 

“We have to deliver swiftly and fully on our promised commitments,” Austin said. “That includes delivering our armored capabilities to the battlefield and ensuring that Ukrainian soldiers get the training, spare parts and maintenance support that they need to use these new systems, as soon as possible.”  

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WNU Editor: There has been a number of US main stream news publications in the past week painting a more realistic (albeit gloomy) assessment of the war. The above Politico is another article that is shifting the media narrative on what are the prospects in this war. 

As to the above Politico article quoting US officials that Ukraine will be launching a counter-offensive in May. My own sources in Ukraine doubt it. They are all telling me the same thing. Ukraine does not have enough experienced soldiers to conduct such an operation, let alone not enough artillery, equipment, and ammo to push forward. 

One more note. The Politico article quotes US officials that 100,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in this war. My sources in Ukraine say the number killed are 125,000+. But what is more shocking is that there are 50,000+ reported as missing, and because they are listed as missing they are not categorized as dead.

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