Did American General Kavoli claim that Russia won the war with Ukraine?

In early May 2023, many Russian -speaking media distributed a statement that the Commander -in -Chief of NATO armed forces allegedly made in Europe. We checked whether Christopher Kavoli said such.

As reported in the publications, the US Army General Christopher Kavoli explained in the testimony of the Committee of the House of Representatives for Armed Forces that Russia actually wins the war against Ukraine. According to him, "most of the Russian military has not suffered from this conflict."

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General Christopher Gerard Kavoli since July 2022 occupies The post of commander of the United NATO forces in Europe, he also heads the European command of the US Armed Forces. During this time, the military leader was not noted by some particularly loud statements on the topic of war in Ukraine. In January at the annual military conference in Sweden Kavoli saidthat the scale of the conflict is “incommensurable with all recent ideas”, leading as an example, including the high losses of Russian military equipment (2000 bumped tanks). In March in Hamburg, developing the same thought, Kavoli He mentioned 200,000 killed and wounded among Russian soldiers. It is not possible to verify these statements today due to the lack of full -fledged information from independent sources.

The event, about which Russian -speaking sources wrote in early May, took place on April 26 in Washington. On this day passed Hearing Committee of the House of Representatives of Armed Forces on the topic "US military position and challenges of national security in Europe." On the official website of the committee is available as transcript performances, and complete video From the event, which also includes answers to students' questions. 

One of the two speakers at the hearings was General Kavoli. In the part of his speech dedicated to the Russian Federation, he said: “Russia remains the main threat to security in Europe. Russia continues to wage a brutal war against Ukraine, aims in a critically important infrastructure and threatens escalation. The Kremlin seeks to last longer than the West, manipulating energy markets and trying to influence the states in order to limit the support of Kyiv on their part. Thanks to the stamina and heroism of the Ukrainian people, with the support of single-minded countries, Russian ground forces suffered significant losses in Ukraine. Despite these failures and reduced reserves of equipment and ammunition, Russian ground forces still have significant resources and combat effectiveness, still have the opportunity to make up for their losses. Russia remains a formidable and unpredictable force, which will challenge the interests of the United States and Europe in the foreseeable future. Russian air, sea, cosmic, cybernetic and strategic forces did not suffer significant losses during the current war. Moreover, in conditions suspension execution Contract About ordinary armed forces in Europe, lasting since 2007, Russia probably reorganizes its army in more ambitious and combat -ready land forces in the future. ”

Called Kavoli in his speech and assessments of the probability of the victory of Ukraine. IN One From the episodes of the speech, he said that NATO “continues to look with optimism for the future of Ukraine”, in friend - that, "according to carefully carried out modeling, Ukraine is in a good position." 

Another of the questions Sounded Briefly: "What will happen if Russia wins, and Ukraine will lose?" In response, Kavoli remarked: “From a military point of view, it depends on what is meant by victory. From where the Russian army will stop, in which composition, with what weapons. But this, of course, would mean that we should change our deterrence policy if they would be much west than they managed to reach. ” Thus, nowhere in his speech Christopher Kavoli made it clear that the Russian army wins in the war with Ukraine. Moreover, he allowed the success of Ukraine in the military conflict as quite likely. At the same time, the general admitted that certain kinds of troops in the Russian army suffered insignificantly. According to the TGSTAT service, the first incorrect quote about Victory was distributed by the Russian-speaking Telegram channel PEACHBLOSSOM On the morning of May 1.

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