It's been a year and a half since Russia launched its invasion and attack on Ukraine.

Russian forces have taken control of the Donetsk, Harrison, Luhansk, and Zaporeeja regions

of Ukraine.

But in the past several months, the war's front lines have not significantly shifted.

So analysts are asking, is the war at a stalemate?

Certainly, we are at a bit of a stalemate.

We do see incremental gains by Ukraine as they commit to this counterfeits of over the summer,

but we haven't seen anything to really help them break through, for example, to drive

to the Crimea.

That's John Kirchoffer, Chief of Staff for the Defense Intelligence Agency in July.

But just days after Kirchoffer's comments, White House National Security Advisor Jake

Sullivan went on ABC News, insisting that the Biden administration does not officially

see a stalemate on the ground in Ukraine.

We said before this counteroffensive started that it'd be hard going, and it's been hard

going.

That's the nature of war, but the Ukrainians are continuing to move forward, and we're continuing

to supply them with the necessary weaponry and capabilities to be able to do that, and

they will keep attempting to take back the territory that Russia has illegally occupied,

and we will continue to support them in that.

And just this week, the U.S. reupted support of Ukraine during Secretary of State Antony

Blinken's surprise visit to Kiev.

The United States is committed to empowering Ukraine to write its own future.

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