'Russia only wins if the West quits' — Gen. Ben Hodges

U.S.-supplied ATACMS could bolster Ukraine 's defense against a 50,000 -strong joint Russian-North Korean force assembled against them.

Ben Hodges : "I would anticipate that the Ukrainian General Staff will use these to target Russian headquarters, logistics, and artillery. That's how you defeat mass, and mass is the only advantage".

Ben Hodges : I think the idea that somehow Trump can impose a freeze or impose a ceasefire, that's just not what's going to happen.

He can, of course, stop all aid. Europe is providing more aid combined than the United States is. But I think that people with cooler heads will understand that it's in our interest that Europe remains stable, secure, and prosperous.

Ben Hodges : I've always believed in the eventual victory of Ukraine , not because I want it to be so, but because I have seen what Ukraine has been able to accomplish over the last 11 years , that they have stopped Russia without consistent, decisive aid from the U.S. or from Europe .

Hodges hopes Europe , led by a new German government coming in February , could convince the American president 'hey, don't turn your back on Europe ' There's a lot of potential in Europe , the question is, do they have the political will?.