Episode Notes:

This week, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin visited Kyiv, where they met with President Volodymyr Zelensky and senior Ukrainian officials. The meeting comes amid Russia’s continued operations in Ukraine and the fight for the Donbas. To discuss U.S. support for Ukraine, the state of the war, and what Western systems mean to the Ukrainian defense, Michael Kofman joins Aaron Stein on today’s Warcast. Michael is the research program director in the Russia Studies Program at CNA.

[ 0:25 ] The U.S. visit to Ukraine and what it means [ 2:01 ] U.S. objectives and fighting to win [ 3:41 ] Moscow’s political and manpower challenges [ 6:26 ] The future of the conflict and Western arms