{"id":1976485,"date":"2023-07-18T17:09:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T21:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/real-war-is-brutal-us-leaders-address-stalled-ukrainian-counteroffensive-pledge-more-weapons\/"},"modified":"2023-07-18T17:11:14","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T21:11:14","slug":"real-war-is-brutal-us-leaders-address-stalled-ukrainian-counteroffensive-pledge-more-weapons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/real-war-is-brutal-us-leaders-address-stalled-ukrainian-counteroffensive-pledge-more-weapons\/","title":{"rendered":"US leaders acknowledge the brutality of real war, vow to provide additional weapons for the stalled Ukrainian counteroffensive."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/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%2Freal-war-is-brutal-us-leaders-address-stalled-ukrainian-counteroffensive-pledge-more-weapons%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=1976485&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 \u200bclass=\"post_content\">\n<div \u200bclass=\"aplayer_app\"\u2064 data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0718\/f61f2e04-70ce-4d3f-80e2-7f103d3a61b0\/audio.mp3?length=3873357&#038;duration=323\"><\/div>\n<p>The\u2064 United\u2062 States will continue to support Ukraine with billions of \u200cdollars\u2062 in munitions and\u200d equipment as it\u2064 faces off against \u2063Russia.<\/p>\n<p>In \u2062a \u200drecent meeting of\u2062 the Ukraine\u200d Contact Group, \u200dU.S. Secretary of Defense\u2063 Lloyd Austin \u2064acknowledged\u200c Ukraine&#8217;s slow progress in\u2063 its\u2062 operations \u2062against Russia in eastern Ukraine. However, \u2064he emphasized that the fight\u200d for freedom \u200bis a marathon, not a\u2063 sprint,\u200d and the United States\u200c is committed \u200cto <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/eu-officials-set-60-price-cap-on-russian-oil\/\" title=\"EU Officials Set  Price Cap on Russian Oil\">providing critical capabilities<\/a> \u200dsuch as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-america-will-not-lift-sanctions-unless-iran-stops-enriching-uranium\/\" title=\"Biden: America Will Not Lift Sanctions Unless Iran Stops Enriching Uranium\">air defense<\/a> and \u2063ammunition to\u200c Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We will continue \u200dto move \u200cHeaven and Earth to\u200d get\u2062 Ukraine \u2064what \u200bit\u200c needs,&#8221; Mr.\u2063 Austin stated.<\/p>\n<p>During\u2063 the \u2063meeting,\u2063 Chairman of the\u200c Joint\u2064 Chiefs of Staff\u2063 Gen. Mark \u2063Milley explained\u200d that\u200d Ukraine&#8217;s advance \u200cagainst\u2062 Russian forces\u200b has been \u2064hindered by massive minefields\u2064 created by Russia.\u200b These minefields, accompanied by \u2063Russian hunter-killer teams, have caused\u2063 casualties\u2064 among \u200bUkrainian service \u200bmembers and\u200b slowed down \u200btheir progress.<\/p>\n<p>Despite\u2063 the challenges, Gen. \u2062Milley emphasized that Ukraine&#8217;s \u200defforts are far from\u2063 a \u2064failure and\u200c there is still\u2064 a lot of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-does-this-video-show-an-israeli-helicopter-shot-down-by-hamas\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Does This Video Show An Israeli Helicopter Shot Down By Hamas?\">fighting left<\/a> to go.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore,\u2063 Gen. Milley highlighted \u2063the importance \u200cof the \u200cUkraine Contact\u2063 Group in preserving the international order\u2062 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/real-war-is-brutal-us-leaders-address-stalled-ukrainian-counteroffensive-pledge-more-weapons\/\" title=\"US leaders acknowledge the brutality of real war, vow to provide additional weapons for the stalled Ukrainian counteroffensive.\">preventing\u2063 great power war<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3989866\" \u200bstyle=\"width: \u200c640px\" class=\"wp-caption\u2064 alignnone\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2021\/09\/09\/austin-and-milley-1200x773.jpg\"><figcaption\u2062 class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a><br \/>\n\t\tSecretary of Defense Lloyd Austin (L) and\u2062 Army \u2063General\u200d Mark \u2064Milley hold\u200c a press \u2063briefing\u2064 about \u200dthe \u2063U.S. military\u2062 drawdown\u2063 in Afghanistan,\u200d at the Pentagon \u2062in Washington on Sept. 1, 2021.\u200d (Saul \u2064Loeb\/AFP \u2062via\u200c Getty \u2063Images)<br \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n<p>While Ukraine continues its counteroffensive, the\u2062 United States and its allies \u2062are facing their \u200down \u200bchallenges due\u200c to \u200dthe constant demand \u2062for ammunition \u2063and equipment. The \u200dUnited States \u2064has \u2064provided over \u2062$75 billion in\u200b aid\u200b to \u2064Ukraine, including significant military\u2062 aid, but this\u2062 has depleted its\u200b own \u200bstores \u200cof \u2063critical\u2062 munitions.<\/p>\n<p>Army\u200b Secretary Christine Wormuth \u2063has expressed concerns about\u2063 the nation&#8217;s munitions\u2064 production capacity\u200d being \u2062pushed to\u2064 the \u200dabsolute edge.<\/p>\n<p>Gen. Milley has \u200dalso warned \u200dthat the United\u200d States \u2064has a long way\u200b to\u2063 go in \u2063replenishing its munitions stockpiles.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US will provide Ukraine with billions in weapons and equipment as its counteroffensive against Russia slows down. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin stated that Ukraine is making progress in its operations, although advancements are happening at a sluggish pace in eastern Ukraine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":228,"featured_media":1976486,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1976485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1976485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/228"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1976485"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1976485\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1976486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1976485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1976485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1976485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}