U.S. Says Reports It Wants Ukraine To Change War Strategy 'Not True'

The U.S. State Department says reports that Washington wants Ukraine to change its strategy in the full-scale war against Russia are untrue. "No. This is not true," State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said on January 3, answering a question about whether Washington wants Ukraine to change its strategy. Politico last month quoted an unnamed Biden administration official and a European diplomat as saying that U.S. and European officials were shifting their focus from supporting Ukraine's goal of total victory to improving its position in possible negotiations to end the war. To read the original story on RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service, click here.