Ukraine war: Fighting set to slow for winter months, says US intelligence
The fighting in Ukraine has been slowing down and this will likely continue in the coming winter months, US intelligence agencies believe.美国情报机构认为，乌克兰的战斗已经放缓，这可能会在未来的冬季继续下去。However, there has been no evidence of fading resistance on the part of Ukrainian forces, US director of intelligence Avril Haines said.然而，美国情报总监艾薇尔·海恩斯表示，没有证据表明乌克兰军队的抵抗力减弱。She said both sides would try to "refit, resupply and reconstitute" for any counter-offensive in the spring.她表示，双方将努力“重新装备、补给和重建”，以应对春季的任何反攻。It follows Russian attacks on Ukraine's critical energy infrastructure.此前，俄罗斯袭击了乌克兰的关键能源基础设施。The war in Ukraine is now in its ninth month but Russia has lost more than half the land it seized.乌克兰战争目前已进入第九个月，但俄罗斯失去了其夺取的一半以上的土地。Ms Haines told a defence forum in California that most of the fighting is currently around the Bakhmut and Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine.海恩斯女士在加利福尼亚州的一个防务论坛上表示，目前大部分战斗都在乌克兰东部的巴赫穆特和顿涅茨克地区。She said fighting had slowed down following Russia's withdrawal of troops from the west of the Kherson region last month.她表示，俄罗斯上月从赫尔松地区西部撤军后，战斗已经放缓。"We're seeing a kind of a reduced tempo already of the conflict... and we expect that's likely to be what we see in the coming months," she said.她说：“我们看到冲突的速度已经有所减缓……我们预计这很可能是我们在未来几个月看到的情况”。She said both Ukraine and Russian militaries would be looking to prepare for any counter-offensive after the winter.她表示，乌克兰和俄罗斯军队都将为冬季后的任何反攻做好准备。