Russian President Vladimir Putin has in its war of aggression against Ukraine after assessment of the US government so far cannot achieve any of the three basic goals. “First, Ukraine should be subdued, second, Russian power and prestige should be strengthened, and third, the West should be divided and weakened,” US President Joe Biden’s national security adviser Jake Sullivan said at the White House on Tuesday . Russia has “so far achieved the opposite”. However, before Biden’s trip to Europe, Sullivan also warned that the war would continue.
“Hard days will come to Ukraine, hardest for Ukrainian troops on the front lines and for civilians under Russian fire,” the national security adviser said. “This war will end neither easily nor quickly.”
Because of the Ukraine war, Biden is leaving for a trip to Europe this Wednesday. He will initially attend the summits of NATO, the EU and the leading democratic economic powers (G7) in Brussels on Thursday. Biden will continue to Warsaw on Friday. A bilateral meeting with Polish President Andrzej Duda is planned for Saturday. It is Biden’s third trip to Europe since taking office in January 2021.