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[Don’t pin excessive hopes on upcoming operation](https://english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2023/05/09/Britain-cautions-Ukraine-offensive-may-not-be-decisive-)

> **Britain’s top diplomat on Tuesday cautioned that a long-awaited Ukrainian offensive against Russia may not prove decisive** as he urged sustained support for Kyiv.

> On a visit to Washington, Foreign Secretary James Cleverly called for ramped-up military aid to help Ukraine win as quickly as possible — **but warned not against pinning excessive hopes on the upcoming operation.**
> 
> “**I hope and expect they will do very, very well,** because whenever I’ve seen the Ukrainians they have outperformed expectations.
> 
> **`“But we have to be realistic. This is the real world; this is not a Hollywood movie,” he said.`**

**Rather than try to resolve diplomatically, the US/UK solution is more weapons**