The 10-month-old conflict prompted by Russia's invasion of Ukraine has spiraled into the largest in Europe since World War Two, and has killed tens of thousands of people, driven millions from their homes and reduced cities to ruins.
WASHINGTON - There are conflicting views in Russia on whether or not to launch a renewed offensive in Ukraine, a senior U.S. State Department official said on Tuesday, reiterating that Washington would keep backing Kyiv regardless of which scenario plays out.
But Russia's invasion has faltered badly since the summer with a string of losses to a Ukrainian counteroffensive that retook swaths of occupied territory and forced Moscow into a partial mobilization of 300,000 more troops. Russia is suffering "significant" shortages of ammunition, posing a serious problem along the war's front lines, the official said, and those that Moscow has called up to join its combat forces were often not "cohesive" units.
Russian President Vladimir Putin visited Belarus on Monday, his first visit to the country since 2019, raising fears in Kyiv that he intends to pressure Moscow's fellow former Soviet ally to open a new invasion front against Ukraine.The United States has demonstrated that it can quickly adapt its assistance to Ukraine as the nature of the battle changes, the official said, and would do the same in the event of a renewed offensive.
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