Around 20 battalion tactical groups our of 115 to 120 which started the war a month ago have been knocked out of action by Ukraine's resistance, the western official said.
Full-scale invasion and national resilience, broadcasted live.
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Kuleba conteste un consensus avec la Russie
Ukraine's FM Kuleba denies consensus over some points between Ukraine, Russia. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan earlier claimed that the countries were nearing consensus on 4 of Russia's demands, including Ukraine's NATO membership and status of the Russian language.
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Interfax report: Russian military to focus on full liberation of Donbas
Here's a link to Interfax's report with Rudskoy's comments, which were also reported by RT Russian and other state-run outlets: https://
interfax-russia.ru/main/genshtab-
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Russia’s shifting focus after disastrous military performance and failed Kyiv surrender goal.
We'll see if changes on the ground in coming days indeed show a shift in Russia's focus and switch to more limited goals after a disastrous military performance that's seen 1000s of troops killed & wounded, 1000s more weapons destroyed & lost, & goal of Kyiv's surrender fail.
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Russie affirme avoir détruit infrastructures militaires ukrainiennes
Rudskoy also claims the Russian military "defeated 16 major military airfields in Ukraine" and "39 storage bases and arsenals…which contained up to 70% of all stocks of military equipment, materiel, and fuel, as well as more than 1 million 54 thousand tons of ammunition."
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Russia’s General Staff claims two options for Ukraine invasion: Donbas or full attack.
Chief of the Main Operational Directorate of Russia's General Staff Col. Gen. Sergei Rudskoy claims the "special military operation" ordered by Putin had two "options": Limit operation to Donbas or attack across all Ukraine…
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Russia’s broad attack: Strategy or face-saving after failure?
Rudskoy said Russia chose to attack across all Ukraine in order to stretch Ukrainian forces thin so they couldn't reinforce forces in the Donbas. But that goes against what we've seen & seems to be face-saving comment after an embarrassing performance, failure to secure victory.
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Rudskoy denies Kyiv assault, falsifies blockades
Rudskoy claims Russia never intended to storm Kyiv and falsely states that all 'Kyiv, Kharkiv, Chernihiv, Sumy and Mykolaiv' are 'blocked' by Russian forces. Russia does control large areas near those key cities and continues to shell them with artillery.
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Military aid to Ukraine from various countries
POLITICO published a table of the military aid Ukraine is receiving from different countries. The US transferred $1 billion in security assistance to Ukraine in early March, for a total of $2 billion since the start of the Biden administration. https://politico.com/news/2022/03/22/ukraine-weapons-military-aid-00019104
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Doubt over Irpin bridge destruction
As I suspected, but I have seen multiple reports over the last few days stating it was destroyed on 2/25. And the picture in this post is over the Irpin River.