US says reports it wants Ukraine to change war strategy not true

Reports that the United States wants Ukraine to alter its strategy of seeking total victory in its war against Russia are not true, State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said on Wednesday.

In a Dec. 27 article, Politico cited an unnamed Biden administration official and a European diplomat as saying that U.S. and European officials were quietly shifting their focus from supporting Ukraine's goal of total victory over Russia to improving its position in an eventual negotiation to end the war.

Asked if The United States wanted Ukraine to shift its strategy away from seeking total victory, Miller said: "No. That is not true."