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Thousand one hundred and thirty -first day. NYT spoke about the hidden role of the United States in Ukrainian military operations throughout the three years of war
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The New York Times published a large material, which states that during all three years of the war in Ukraine the United States was involved in it much more deeply than before. A team center worked at the headquarters of the US Army in Europe and Africa in German Wisbaden, in which the US military, together with Ukrainian, planned military operations and counterattacks of Kyiv, developing a general strategy and passing accurate information about Russian purposes to Ukrainians. The main coordinators of this partnership were two generals - from the Ukrainian side Mikhail Zabrodsky, from the American - Christopher Donahu.
The New York Times is built on more than 300 interviews that its author Adam Entus spent during the year with former and current officials, politicians and representatives of intelligence of Ukraine, the USA, Great Britain, Germany, Poland, Belgium, Baltic countries and Turkey. One of the leaders of European intelligence, which is quoted by NYT, says that he was stunned to learn how deep his colleagues from NATO got involved in Ukrainian operations. “Now they have become part of the murder chain,” said Nyt interlocutor.
Blow to the cruiser "Moscow"
Among the military operations of Ukraine, Nyt describes the sinking of the cruiser "Moscow" in the Black Sea in April 2022. According to one of the high-ranking US Army officers, it was like this: in mid-April, the American and Ukrainian naval officers were at an ordinary intelligence exchange session when something unexpected appeared on the radar screens. The Americans said "Oh, this is Moscow!" The Ukrainians replied: “Oh, God. Thank you very much. Bye". After that, the cruiser was struck.
According to Nyt interlocutors, the American side was angry, since the Ukrainians did not make "even the slightest warning." But besides this, the American side experienced surprise, realizing that Kyiv has missiles that could achieve a sea goal; And a panic, because the administration of the then US President Joe Biden did not intend to allow Ukrainians to attack such an important symbol of Russian power.
Crimean bridge attack
Another operation about which Nyt was talking about was the attack on the Crimean bridge across the Kerch Strait in August 2024. For the United States, this bridge was a “red line”, and in 2022 the Biden administration forbade the military to help Ukrainians aim at it. However, in 2024, the United States, as a compromise on the issue of returning to the borders of 1991, proposed to Ukraine a campaign called Lunar Hail (Lunar City) using large -range missiles and drones to force Russia to withdraw its military infrastructure from Crimea. The White House authorized the military and the CIA secretly to work with Ukrainians and the British on the attack plan on the Crimean bridge.
The plan was to weaken the vulnerable joints of the bridge using ATACMS missiles, and at this time to blow up sea drones next to the racks. However, the Russians strengthened the defense of the racks, and the Ukrainians suggested attacking only with the help of Atacms. The American generals opposed, assuring that some atacms could not cope with this task, and Ukrainians should wait until the drones are ready, or cancel the blow.
But in the end, the Americans retreated, and in mid -August, Ukrainians struck the ATACMS missiles on the bridge, leaving potholes on the canvas, which were subsequently filled. “Sometimes they need to try and not to succeed in order to see that we were right,” the American official, who is quoted by NYT, commented on this episode.
Kursk region
The Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kursk region in early August 2024 became another voltage point for the American and Ukrainian sides, and in the USA it was perceived as a “significant violation of trust”. In addition to the fact that the Ukrainians again kept the United States in ignorance, they violated the agreement using American equipment for offensive operations in Russia.
The Americans could disable the so -called “zone of operations”, which determined the framework of military support only within the Kharkov region and only to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe. However, they did not do this - as the representative of the Biden administration explained, realizing that this “could lead to disaster”: Ukrainian soldiers in the Kursk region would be without protection from the Himars and intelligence missile systems. “It was not almost blackmail, it was blackmail,” said a senior pentagon official.
Stress in relationships
Ultimately, according to NYT, the partnership became tense. Ukrainians considered their allies "typical patronizing Americans." The Americans, in turn, sometimes could not understand why Ukrainians "just do not listen to good tips." While representatives of the United States were focused on achievable goals, Ukrainians, as Nyt interlocutors say, constantly grabbed the “bright image” of a great victory. Kyiv believed that the Americans restrained them.
In addition, Ukrainians, who have achieved over time more autonomy in partnership, more and more kept their intentions a secret. They were angry that the United States could or did not want to give them the requested weapons and other equipment, and the Americans, in turn, were outraged by the “unreasonable requirements” and the unwillingness of the Ukrainian authorities to take politically risky steps to strengthen their forces significantly inferior to the number of forces, writes NYT.
In early January 2025, two American generals visited Kyiv to meet with the Commander -in -Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Alexander Syrsky and make sure that he agreed on plans to replenish the troops and strengthen their positions. From there, they went to the Ramstein air base in Germany, where they met with the US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin - for the last time before his resignation and the arrival of the new administration of the elected president of the United States Donald Trump.
War through the eyes of readers "Medusa"
Tanya (Dnieper). I live in the Dnieper, and over these three years, it seemed, I saw a lot. But the worst of this is to see human grief near the grief. The war in the photo and personally feels differently. When people burn in front of you and cry ... Well, what can I tell you, I lost faith in humanity. War and grief greatly destroy mental health, in my circle it is almost everyone.
I do not believe in the quickly end of the war. Unfortunately, we are now weaker, but to complete all this is to practically recognize all human losses from our side in vain. And, most importantly, there is no guarantee that the Russians will stop, and will not go further to our cities.
No, my attitude has not changed to the Russians for the reason that there are normal people, but there are cannibals. The Russian military and those who for the war are cannibalists, I feel hatred and disgust for them.
We are very tired, understand? Our people are dying, our cities are bombing. And there is no understanding when it will end. But still I would like to get out of this war with a normal person, not to become embittered and not to lose empathy.