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Russian forces remain “largely stalled” across Ukraine after more than three weeks of fighting, a senior U.S. defense official said Friday.
Russian troops have launched more than 1,080 missiles at Ukrainian targets since the start of the invasion.
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Ukrainian soldiers near a recently collapsed bridge that was the target of a Russian missile near the town of Irpin, Ukraine, March 3, 2022.
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Despite weeks of continued attempts to encircle the capital city of Kyiv from three different directions, Russian troops still have “not made significant advances” from the north or northwest, the official said.
“And to the east of Kyiv, we have observed no movement of Russian forces. They remain approximately 30 kilometers to the east,” the official told Fox News, noting that Ukrainians continue to put up a passionate resistance.
Cities that border Belarus and Russia, like Chernihiv and Kharkiv, have continued to fend off Russian forces on the ground from overtaking them.
Mariupol, located in the south of the country in the Donetsk region, has been hit hard by Russian shelling, but Ukrainians are continuing to defend the city.
Reports of missile strikes near the Lviv International Airport also appear to be accurate, the official said, though the type of ammunition used and the extent of the destruction remains unclear.
“We assess the airspace over Ukraine remains contested. The Ukrainian Air Force is continuing to fly aircraft and employ air and missile defense,” the senior dense official said.
Ukranian servicemen seen through a building window as they carry the remains of a missile after shelling in a residential area in Kyiv March 18, 2022.
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It is estimated that Russia maintains 90% of its available combat power, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy continues to press the…
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