There are doubts as to whether Washington believes Ukraine can achieve victory, a source told the outlet
US President Joe Biden “pressed” the leaders of the Baltic nations over their calls for Russia to be defeated in Ukraine, an informed source told the Wall Street Journal.
Biden raised the issue with the presidents of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia during his visit to Poland’s capital Warsaw in late February, the outlet reported on Friday, citing a person briefed on those conversations.
The source did not reveal exactly what the US president said, but noted that his words ended up “leaving doubts among officials as to whether Washington believed that [Ukraine’s victory on the battlefield] was a realistic goal.”
In its article, the WSJ pointed to “concerns” among Kiev’s allies in Eastern Europe about “the thinking emerging in Western capitals that Ukraine should prepare at some stage for negotiations with the Kremlin.”
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