In the US, Ukraine's operation in Russia's Kursk region was perceived as a step towards a breach of trust, but they did not stop their support to prevent the death of thousands of Ukrainian soldiers who were already on the territory of the aggressor country. This is stated in his article "Partnership: The Secret History of the War in Ukraine" for The New York Times by investigative correspondent Adam Entous, reports UNN.
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The author notes that for Americans, the deployment of the Ukrainian intervention in the Kursk region in the summer of 2024 was a significant breach of trust.
It wasn't just that the Ukrainians kept them (the US - ed.) in the dark again: they secretly crossed a mutually agreed line, taking coalition-provided equipment into Russian territory.
He also reports that after the Ukrainian military sank the missile cruiser "Moskva" on April 14, 2022, the Americans were enraged and panicked.
The sinking was a signal of triumph - a demonstration of Ukrainian skill and Russian ineptitude. But the episode also reflected the disconnected state of Ukrainian-American relations in the early weeks of the war. The Americans were enraged because the Ukrainians had not warned them: they were surprised that Ukraine had missiles capable of reaching the ship, and panicked because the Biden administration had no intention of allowing the Ukrainians to attack such a powerful symbol of Russian might.
He clarifies that the situation was further complicated by strained relations between the then Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valerii Zaluzhnyi and the Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley. However, this disparate coalition "gradually transformed into a true partnership under the pressure of rapidly unfolding events."
Recall
The head of the Center for Countering Disinformation of the National Security and Defense Council, Andriy Kovalenko, stated that he does not know what prevents the US from pressuring Russia to stop daily Russian drone attacks on civilians and violations of the ceasefire on energy. According to him, one can talk as much as one wants in the US that "the ceasefire works," denying reality, but the information world is such that reality cannot be denied.