US War-Gamed With Ukraine Before This Week's Counteroffensive Was Launched

 

CNN: US war-gamed with Ukraine ahead of counteroffensive and encouraged more limited mission  

Washington CNN — In the buildup to the current Ukrainian counteroffensive, the US urged Kyiv to keep the operation limited in both its objectives and its geography to avoid getting overextended and bogged down on multiple fronts, multiple US and western officials and Ukrainian sources tell CNN. 

Those discussions involved engaging in “war-gaming” with Kyiv, the sources said – analytical exercises that were intended to help the Ukrainian forces understand what force levels they would need to muster to be successful in different scenarios. 

The Ukrainians were initially considering a broader counteroffensive, but narrowed their mission to the south, in the Kherson region, in recent weeks, US and Ukrainian officials said. 

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WNU Editor: These western reports on US involvement will only feed into the Russian narrative that it is the West, specifically the U.S., that is directing the war in Ukraine.