Sự thất vọng nảy sinh trong liên minh Mỹ-Ukraine

quan chức Ukraine chán nản vì viện trợ bị đình trệ Lầu Năm Góc muốn Kyiv chú ý đến lời khuyên về cách chiến đấu
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More than two years into their wartime alliance (liên minh thời chiến), the bond between the United States and Ukraine is showing signs of wear and tear (dấu hiệu hao mòn), giving way to mutual frustration and a feeling that the relationship might be stuck in a bit of a rut.

It is the stuff that often strains relationships — finances, different priorities and complaints about not being heard.

For the Pentagon, the exasperation comes down to a single, recurring issue: American military strategists, including Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III, believe that Ukraine needs to concentrate (tập trung) its forces on one big fight at a time. Instead, President Volodymyr Zelensky, who has vowed to drive Russia out of every inch of Ukraine, expends his forces in battles for towns that U.S. officials say lack strategic value (thiếu giá trị chiến lược).

The most recent example involved the battle for the eastern city of Avdiivka, which fell to Russia last month. U.S. officials say Ukraine defended Avdiivka too long and at too great a cost (chi phí lớn).

Neither the Americans nor the Ukrainians are heading for exit doors. Their commitment remains solid, as each side needs the other. The U.S. intelligence community (cộng đồng tình báo) still provides a substantial amount of real-time information to Ukraine’s military on Russian command posts, ammunition depots and other key nodes in Russian military lines. The Pentagon still hosts monthly Contact Group meetings to prod Ukraine’s partners to provide money, weapons and ammunition (đạn dược).

U.S. officials believed that General Zaluzhny had agreed with the American advice but that he could not convince his president. So instead of a single defining fight, Kyiv split up its troops, sending some to the east and some to other fronts, including in the south.

source: nytimes,

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