Afghan Voice Agency (AVA) - International Service: This site reported, citing several informed sources, that Western countries have now put reaching a compromise based on negotiations on their agenda.

 

In public circles, the White House and the Pentagon always emphasize that there has been no official change in Western policies towards Ukraine.

 

A White House spokesman and a European Union diplomat said the story is different in private circles. American and European officials are now discussing and consulting about withdrawing Ukrainian forces from areas where the Ukrainian counterattack has largely failed and placing them in a defensive formation.

 

By Politico US President Joe Biden, who previously said he would support Ukraine "as long as the war lasts," has now changed his stance to "as long as we can."