US official: Russia is making ‘minimal at best’ progress in eastern Ukraine

A senior U.S. official mentioned Monday that Russia’s army has been making “minimal progress at finest” in jap Ukraine as a result of the “Ukrainians have actually been resisting fairly properly.” 

The comment comes as Russia is now on day 68 of its invasion of Ukraine, with its army specializing in capturing the jap components of the war-torn nation. 

“I’d simply inform that we proceed to see minimal at finest progress by the Russians within the Donbas,” the official informed reporters. 

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The official mentioned the Russian army is “nonetheless affected by poor command and management, low morale and lots of items [have] lower than very best logistics. 

The official additionally spoke of a “casualty aversion that we proceed to see by the Russians now, not simply within the air, however on the bottom.” 

A Ukrainian soldier walks previous the turret of a Russian tank subsequent to a destroyed fuel station within the village of Skybyn, northeast of Kyiv on Monday, Could 2.
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“So very, very cautious, very tepid, very uneven work by them on the bottom,” the official additionally mentioned. “And in some instances, fairly frankly, the perfect phrase to explain it could be anemic.” 

Ukrainian troopers are seen using on an armored presonnel service throughout an train not removed from Kharkiv on April 30.

As of Monday, Ukrainian forces have pushed the Russian military about 25 miles away from Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second largest metropolis, in accordance with the official. 

“They had been clearly hoping to get Kharkiv and maintain it in order that they may have that skill to proceed to push down from the north and the Ukrainians are making it troublesome for them to do this,” the U.S. official mentioned.  

Fox Information’ Liz Friden contributed to this report.