LAVROV CONFIRMS US INTEL: Just a day after the White House said Russia had wider territorial ambitions and would soon seek to annex more of Ukraine, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov gave an interview with Russian state-controlled media in which he named the parts of Ukraine that Russian President Vladimir Putin seeks to make part of Russia.
US PROMISES ADDITIONAL HIMARS TO UKRAINE IN SOON-TO-BE-ANNOUNCED AID PACKAGE “These strikes are steadily degrading the Russian ability to supply their troops, command and control of their forces, and carry out their illegal war of aggression.” “The Ukrainians are effectively employing these HIMARS, with strikes against Russian command and control nodes, their logistical networks, their field artillery near defense sites and many other targets,” said Milley.
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They are very resourceful, their ability to very quickly learn how to operate and maintain a piece of equipment is really impressive.” “The Ukrainians have made excellent use of HIMARS, and you can see the impact on the battlefield,” said Austin. military aid to Ukraine will include four more of the deadly accurate weapons, bringing the total to 16, along with additional stocks of precision GLMR munitions that are fired by the HIMARS launchers. MORE HIMARS ON THE WAY: The Pentagon confirmed yesterday that all 12 Lockheed Martin HIMARS, or High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, promised to Ukraine are now in use on the battlefield and playing a big part in slowing Russian advances.ĭefense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced that the next package of U.S. RUSSIA HAS TAKEN 60,000 CASUALTIES IN UKRAINE: CIA CHIEF “So, high cost, battle of attrition, grinding, not lost yet in the Donbas, and the Ukrainians intend to continue the fight.” “It's very intense, a lot of violence, tens of thousands of artillery rounds every 24-hour period, lots of casualties on both sides, lots of destruction villages … But in terms of actual ground gain, very, very little by the Russians, relative to all of Ukraine.” “So for 90 days, the Russian advances have amounted to maybe six to 10 miles, something of that range. “The Ukrainians are making the Russians pay for every inch of territory that they gain, and advances are measured in literally hundreds of meters on some days, you might get a kilometer or two out of the Russians, but not much more than that,” Milley said. For the Russians, he said, “the bottom line is, the cost is very high, the gains are very low.” Mark Milley gave his assessment of what he called “a grinding war of attrition” in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region. ‘NOT LOST YET’: In a Pentagon briefing following a virtual meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen.
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