{"id":1763410,"date":"2022-12-05T06:30:23","date_gmt":"2022-12-05T11:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1763410"},"modified":"2022-12-05T11:48:57","modified_gmt":"2022-12-05T16:48:57","slug":"u-s-intel-chief-feels-optimistic-for-ukraine-forces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-intel-chief-feels-optimistic-for-ukraine-forces\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Intel Chief Feels Optimistic for Ukraine Forces"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fu-s-intel-chief-feels-optimistic-for-ukraine-forces%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1763410&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/ApNewsroom_Russia_Ukraine_War_62553.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>KYIV, Ukraine (AP) \u2014 The head of U.S. intelligence says fighting in Russia\u2019s war in Ukraine is running at a \u201creduced tempo\u201d and suggests Ukrainian forces could have brighter prospects in coming months.<\/p>\n<p>Avril Haines alluded to past allegations by some that Russian President Vladimir Putin\u2019s advisers could be shielding him from bad news \u2014 for Russia \u2014 about war developments, and said he \u201cis becoming more informed of the challenges that the military faces in Russia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut it\u2019s still not clear to us that he has a full picture of at this stage of just how challenged they are,\u201d the U.S. director of national intelligence said Saturday at the Reagan National Defense Forum in Simi Valley, California.<\/p>\n<article data-embed-button=\"video\" data-entity-embed-display=\"view_mode:media.full\" data-entity-type=\"media\" data-entity-uuid=\"82b676f1-94a9-48ee-bbe4-988c115b5bf0\" data-langcode=\"en\" class=\"embedded-entity\">\n<figure><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/article>\n<p>Looking ahead, Haines said, \u201chonestly we\u2019re seeing a kind of a reduced tempo already of the conflict\u201d and her team expects that both sides will look to refit, resupply, and reconstitute for a possible Ukrainian counter-offensive in the spring.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut we actually have a fair amount of skepticism as to whether or not the Russians will be in fact prepared to do that,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd I think more optimistically for the Ukrainians in that timeframe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, the British Ministry of Defense, in its latest intelligence estimate, pointed to new signs from an independent Russian media outlet that public support in Russia for the military campaign was \u201cfalling significantly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meduza said it obtained a recent confidential opinion survey conducted by the Federal Protection Service, which is in charge of guarding the Kremlin and providing security to top government officials.<\/p>\n<p>The survey, commissioned by the Kremlin, found that 55% of respondents backed peace talks with Ukraine while 25% wanted the war to go on. The report didn\u2019t mention the margin of error.<\/p>\n<p>Levada Center, Russia\u2019s top independent pollster, found in a similar poll carried out in November poll that 53% of respondents supported peace talks, 41% spoke in favor of continuing the fight, and 6% were undecided. That poll of 1,600 people had a margin of error of no more than 3.4 percent.<\/p>\n<p>The British Defense Ministry noted that \u201cdespite the Russian authorities\u2019 efforts to enforce pervasive control of the information environment, the conflict has become increasingly tangible for many Russians since the September 2022 \u2018partial mobilization.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith Russia unlikely to achieve major battlefield successes in the next several months, maintaining even tacit approval of the war amongst the population is likely to be increasingly difficult for the Kremlin,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<p>In recent weeks, Russia\u2019s military focus has been on striking Ukrainian infrastructure and pressing an offensive in the east, near the town of Bakhmut, while shelling sites in the city of Kherson, which Ukrainian forces liberated last month after an 8-month Russian occupation.<\/p>\n<p>In his nightly address on Saturday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy lashed out at Western efforts to crimp Russia\u2019s crucial oil industry, a key source of funds for Putin\u2019s war machine, saying their $60-per-barrel price cap on imports of Russian oil was insufficient.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is not a serious decision to set such a limit for Russian prices, which is quite comfortable for the budget of the terrorist state,\u201d Zelenskyy said, referring to Russia. He said the $60-per-barrel level would still allow Russia to bring in $100 billion in revenues per year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis money will go not only to the war and not only to further sponsorship by Russia of other terrorist regimes and organisations. This money will be used for further destabilisation of those countries that are now trying to avoid serious decisions,\u201d Zelenskyy said.<\/p>\n<p>Australia, Britain, Canada, Japan, the United States and the 27-nation European Union agreed Friday to cap what they would pay for Russian oil at $60 per barrel. The limit is set to take effect Monday, along with an EU embargo on Russian oil shipped by sea.<\/p>\n<p>Russian authorities have rejected the price cap and threatened Saturday to stop supplying the nations that endorsed it.<\/p>\n<p>In yet another show of Western support for Ukraine&#8217;s efforts to battle back Russian forces and cope with fallout from the war, U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland on Saturday visited the operations of a Ukrainian aid group that provides support for internally displaced people in Ukraine, among her other visits with top Ukrainian officials.<\/p>\n<p>Nuland assembled dolls out of yarn in the blue-and-yellow colors of Ukraine&#8217;s flag with youngsters from regions including northeastern Kharkiv, southern Kherson, and eastern Donetsk.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is psychological support for them at an absolutely crucial time,\u201d Nuland said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs President Putin knows best, this war could stop today, if he chose to stop it and withdrew his forces \u2014 and then negotiations can begin,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"button hidden-lg-up button-expand\" href=\"denied:javascript:void(0);\">Show Full Article<\/a>\n  <\/div>\n<p>\n  \u00a9 Copyright 2022 Associated Press. 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