The United States Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin, was shown on Thursday convinced that Ukraine has the “ability” to recover the territories of the southern and west of the country occupied by Russian troops.
“On whether Ukrainians can take the west territory of the Dnieper River and Jersón, I certainly believe that they have the ability to do so,” Austin said when asked about the issue during a press conference in the Pentagon. (*(*
The Secretary of Defense said that “the most important” is that the Ukrainians are also convinced to do so and that so far they have demonstrated “a very methodical effort” to recover the invaded areas.