{"id":1395103,"date":"2026-06-24T23:29:43","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T20:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/?p=1395103"},"modified":"2026-06-24T23:29:48","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T20:29:48","slug":"u-s-state-department-official-says-ukraine-is-currently-winning-the-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/u-s-state-department-official-says-ukraine-is-currently-winning-the-war\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. State Department Official Says Ukraine Is Currently Winning the War"},"content":{"rendered":" <p>A senior U.S. State Department official said Ukraine is currently in a position of strength on the battlefield and has successfully shifted the momentum of the war in its favor,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/uatv.ua\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UATV English<\/a>\u00a0reports.<\/p>\n   <p>Speaking about the state of the conflict, Jeremy Lewin, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State for Foreign Assistance, Humanitarian Affairs and Religious Freedom, said Ukraine has entered a new phase of the war and is actively working to secure victory.<\/p>\n    <blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cRight now, we are in a position where Ukraine is winning the war at this moment,\u201d Lewin said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n   <p>According to the State Department official, the dynamics of the battlefield have changed significantly compared to previous years. He noted that Ukrainian forces once viewed winter as a period of relative respite because Russian offensive operations typically slowed during colder months.<\/p>\n    <blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cPreviously, Ukrainian forces would wait for winter because Russian offensives would pause. Now we are seeing the opposite situation \u2014 Ukrainians are on the offensive, while Russians are waiting for winter,\u201d Lewin said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n   <p>He argued that Ukraine began shifting the momentum of the conflict during the previous winter through sustained attacks on military and strategic infrastructure inside Russia.<\/p>\n   <p>\u201cEven during the winter, Ukrainians managed to change the dynamics by striking Russian infrastructure on Russian territory,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n   <p>Lewin described the current period as a particularly important moment in the war, stressing that Ukraine has an opportunity to continue applying pressure on Russian forces.<\/p>\n    <blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cThis is a very important moment. Ukraine can continue to exert pressure on the battlefield,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n   <p>The senior U.S. official also noted that Washington is considering ending an existing sanctions exemption related to Russian oil and reaffirmed that the United States will continue coordinating sanctions policy with its European partners.<\/p>\n   <p>His remarks come amid reports that U.S. President Donald Trump has taken a more positive view of Ukraine\u2019s battlefield performance. According to previous media reports, Trump told President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during last week&#8217;s G7 summit in France that he was impressed by Ukraine\u2019s recent military successes.<\/p>\n   <p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A senior U.S. State Department official said Ukraine is currently in a &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":1249266,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,36418,36415],"tags":[78,72926],"sources":[],"class_list":["post-1395103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-en","category-11473-news-en-2","category-11473-news-en","tag-homepage-en","tag-ukraine-s-allies-aid"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>U.S. State Department Official Says Ukraine Is Currently Winning the War - 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