Top U.S. spy agency says more security assistance from allies is crucial for Ukraine to prevail

WASHINGTON – The manager of America's apical spy bureau described Russia's warfare successful Ukraine arsenic a "grinding conflict" that volition necessitate the West to proceed to supply information assistance packages successful bid for Kyiv to prevail.

U.S. Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines told CNN's Fareed Zakaria during a sheet treatment astatine the World Economic Forum that some Ukrainian and Russian militaries are facing important challenges but the warfare had not reached a stalemate.

"It's not a stalemate but really, a grinding struggle wherever rather literally, we're talking astir hundreds of meters being fought implicit successful the discourse of the frontlines," Haines said successful Davos, Switzerland.

"It volition beryllium highly important for Ukraine to person indispensable subject assistance and economical assistance moving guardant successful bid for them to beryllium capable to proceed to negociate what they person been heroically doing," she added.

The U.S. has contributed the lion's stock of information assistance to the fight. Last week, U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announced 1 of the largest weapons packages since Russia's full-scale penetration began astir a twelvemonth ago.

Austin said the latest bundle of U.S. subject instrumentality bound for Ukraine is valued astatine $2.5 cardinal and volition assistance "meet Ukraine's astir urgent battlefield needs."

The upcoming subject assistance, the 30th specified tranche, brings U.S. committedness to Ukraine's combat to much than $26 cardinal since the opening of the Biden administration.

"Weapons are the mode to peace," NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said alongside Haines. "That whitethorn dependable similar a paradox but the lone mode to person a negotiated statement is to person President [Vladimir] Putin that they volition not triumph connected the battlefield and helium has to beryllium down and negotiate."

Stoltenberg added that Ukraine's conflict has the afloat unit of the 30-member NATO confederation due to the fact that it is simply a "fight for democracy." He said that "it is highly important that President Putin doesn't triumph this war, it volition beryllium a calamity for Ukrainians, but besides precise unsafe for each of us."

Polish President Andrzej Duda said that the West needs to bash much to enactment Ukraine, adding that assistance from allies "is inactive not enough."

"Ukraine needs much of our effort, needs much of our assistance and we should mobilize ourselves to assistance them due to the fact that their concern is truly difficult," helium said, adding that the warfare is approaching a important moment.