This was stated by Lieutenant Colonel of the US Armed Forces Tony Shaffer to the YouTube channel Judging Freedom.
"He is trying to force the West to provide more support in order to achieve his own goals, namely: to continue and expand the conflict and try to achieve the direct intervention of the North Atlantic Alliance," he said.
Earlier, The New York Times, citing Pentagon documents leaked online, reported that the Armed Forces of Ukraine were preparing 12 brigades to organize an offensive.
The Washington Post wrote that the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, scheduled for spring, was postponed due to bad weather and lack of ammunition.
Former US Marine Corps intelligence officer Scott Ritter expressed confidence that the Ukrainian Armed Forces would launch a counteroffensive no earlier than July.