{"id":14529,"date":"2026-06-06T15:30:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T15:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/06\/06\/scott-ritter-washington-disappointed-ukraine-war-russia-gains\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T15:30:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T15:30:20","slug":"scott-ritter-washington-disappointed-ukraine-war-russia-gains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/06\/06\/scott-ritter-washington-disappointed-ukraine-war-russia-gains\/","title":{"rendered":"Scott Ritter: Washington Discouraged by Ukraine War Progress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Scott Ritter, a military analyst and former US Navy intelligence officer, has stated that Washington is increasingly discouraged by Ukraine&#8217;s performance in the war against Russia. According to him, Ukraine is &#8220;resorting to anything&#8221; to continue this conflict, a situation that has raised concerns within American political and military circles.<\/p>\n<p>Ritter, referring to developments on the ground, added that Russia holds a superior position and has achieved gains on the battlefronts. He warned that the Ukraine war may enter a new and &#8220;very frightening&#8221; phase, one that could further complicate regional and international dynamics.<\/p>\n<p>The analyst believes that the Russian economy remains stable and that Moscow is actively pursuing diplomacy on the international stage. He emphasized that Russia, by advancing a multipolar strategy, is striving to counterbalance US hegemony and holds the upper hand economically and politically.<\/p>\n<p>Ritter also described NATO&#8217;s condition as &#8220;weak,&#8221; stating that the alliance lacks the resources and capacity to effectively stand against Russia. He concluded that, given the current circumstances, the likelihood of a Russian victory in this war is high.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scott Ritter says Washington is losing hope in Ukraine&#8217;s war efforts as Russia gains ground and NATO appears weak amid escalating conflict.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14528,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14529\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}