Former US national security adviser H.R. McMaster: ‘I believe Ukraine can win the war’
By France24
10 March 2022 |
5:51 am
In an interview with FRANCE 24 on Monday, former US national security adviser and retired lieutenant general Herbert Raymond McMaster said that Ukraine can win the war with Russia, remarking that President Vladimir Putin had already lost the conflict in a sense by not winning outright.
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