US congressman predicts the outcome of the Russia-Ukraine conflict

US Senator Marco Rubio believes that no one will truly win in the current conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
Russia cannot conquer completely or even half of Ukraine, which was President Putin's goal from the beginning. On the other hand, the reality is that the Ukrainian military ranks behind Russia in terms of size and ability to expand," Vice Chairman of the US Senate Intelligence Committee Macro Rubio commented to Fox News on March 3.

He added: "No side can win properly."

The Republican senator said he had long tried not to express that opinion publicly because he was worried it would weaken Ukraine's position on the battlefield.

Currently, Ukraine is struggling to deal with Russia while the US Congress delays approving an additional aid package worth more than 60 billion USD to Kiev, all scenarios are possible.

According to Mr. Rubio, the best path for the United States and its allies today is to strengthen the capacity of the Ukrainian military as much as possible to improve Kiev's position before the parties can sit at the negotiating table to end the war. conflict.

Ukraine will not have the upper hand at the negotiating table if Russia feels that it has the upper hand and can force Ukraine to essentially accept becoming a satellite state," Mr. Rubio said.

Both US and Ukrainian officials believe that Ukraine's recent failures on the battlefield, including the withdrawal of troops from the eastern city of Avdiivka, are due to exhaustion of ammunition and weapons.

Meanwhile, disagreements between Democrats and Republicans on the issue of foreign aid and budget spending for border security have prevented the country's Congress from approving additional aid to Ukraine.

Mr. Rubio himself supports increasing aid to Ukraine but wants to address border security issues first. "I think we should help Ukraine, but only after we get the border issue resolved, the same way Democrats say they won't support aid to Israel if we don't help Ukraine," Mr. Rubio said.

Wen Rubio was one of the Republicans who voted against the $118 billion budget package in the Senate last month, which included aid for Ukraine.

The Senate then passed a $95 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Indo-Pacific countries, excluding conditions related to US border security.

The Russia-Ukraine conflict has entered its third year but shows no signs of abating. Some analysts warn that if the West does not promptly increase aid to Kiev, Ukraine's defense line could collapse next summer before the onslaught of Russian forces.

French President Emmanuel Macron announced last week that the West does not rule out sending troops to support Ukraine. However, experts say that the scenario of Western troops sending troops into Ukraine is very low because these countries do not want a direct conflict with Russia.