Service members with the Ukrainian Army's 24th Mechanized Brigade of King Danylo fire an artillery piece, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, near Bakhmut in Ukraine, December 3, 2022. REUTERS/ Leah Millis
Reuters: U.S. Expects Reduced Tempo in Ukraine Fighting to Continue for Months
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. intelligence expects the reduced tempo in fighting in Ukraine to continue in the next several months and sees no evidence of a reduced Ukrainian will to resist, despite attacks on its power grid and other critical winter infrastructure, the Director of National Intelligence said on Saturday.
"We're seeing a kind of a reduced tempo already of the conflict ... and we expect that's likely to be what we see in the coming months," Avril Haines told the annual Reagan National Defense Forum in California.
She said both the Ukrainian and Russian militaries would be looking to try to refit and resupply to prepare for a counter-offensive after the winter, but there was a question as to what that would look like, and added:
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Update: US Intelligence Chief Predicts 'Reduced Tempo', Waning Morale Of Russian Forces Entering Winter (Zero Hedge)
WNU Editor: I do not see a reduction in fighting. Nor do I expect a reduction in the coming months. Russia has around 700,000 soldiers in and around Ukraine, and they are being deployed to not waste time.