MADRID, 15 Nov. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Russian government delayed the official announcement of its withdrawal from the Ukrainian city of Kherson until the mid-term elections in the United States had passed, to avoid favoring the political interests of the president, Joe Biden, according to an evaluation of the American intelligence services.
Senior officials of the Russian Administration allegedly discussed the effects that the symbolic loss of Kherson, the only provincial capital that had been captured by forces loyal to Moscow since President Vladimir Putin gave the order to launch the invasion on Russia, would have on the rival power. the neighboring country on February 24.
According to sources quoted by CNN, waiting for the US elections to be over was a “condition” to recognize a setback that the Russian authorities have tried to play down in both strategic and political terms. US intelligence believes that Moscow had been finalizing the withdrawal for weeks.
Biden himself called it “interesting” that Russia had waited until after the election to confirm something that had been known “for a long time.” “It shows that they have some real problems,” he said the day after the election, in which the Democrats were playing to retain control of both houses of Congress.
A greater Republican presence will theoretically limit the White House’s room for maneuver to continue helping Ukraine, in search of a greater involvement of other international powers such as the European Union.
