Report: US War-Gamed with Ukraine Ahead of Counteroffensive | Farsnews Agency

In the buildup to the current Ukrainian counteroffensive, Washington urged Kyiv to the keep the operation limited in both its objectives and its geography to avoid getting overextended and bogged down on multiple fronts, multiple US and Western officials and Ukrainian sources told CNN.

Those discussions involved engaging in "war-gaming" with Kyiv, the sources said - analytical exercises that were intended to help the Ukrainian forces understand what force levels they would need to muster to be successful in different scenarios.

The Ukrainians were initially considering a broader counteroffensive, but narrowed their mission to the South, in the Kherson region, in recent weeks, US and Ukrainian officials said.