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Wicked Blue

(5,767 posts)
Fri Feb 25, 2022, 12:13 PM Feb 2022

Russians "meeting more resistance" in advance towards Kyiv "than they expected," US defense official

From CNN's Ellie Kaufman

Russian forces advancing towards the Ukrainian capital city of Kyiv are “meeting more resistance than they expected,” a senior US defense official told reporters on Friday.

The official added, Russians “continue to try to move on Kyiv,” even though they are meeting Ukrainian resistance.

The Russian invasion of the country is continuing in the Kharkiv area of Ukraine and from the south towards the Ukrainian city of Kherson on the river, the official added. These are still the three main advances on the country that Russia began yesterday, the official said.

There have been “no additional airborne drops over the last 24 hours” in the Kharkiv area, the official said.

https://www.cnn.com/europe/live-news/ukraine-russia-news-02-25-22/index.html


Washington Post is reporting on this now:

Russian offensive on Ukraine has lost momentum, Pentagon says

By Daniel Lamothe 11:09 a.m.

The Russian military has lost momentum in its offensive on Ukraine, a senior U.S. defense official said Friday, cautioning that could change in coming days.

The assessment came amid signs that Russia has struggled to move on the capital city of Kyiv, as outgunned Ukrainian forces dig in and put up a fight. Roughly one-third of the Russian forces committed to the assault now are in Ukraine — which would amount to more than 50,000 — the official said.

“They have not achieved the progress that we believe they thought they would,” the official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity under ground rules set by the Pentagon.

The invasion continued with an amphibious landing of Russian naval forces west of the city of Mariupol and with Russia continuing to launch missiles into Ukraine. As of Friday morning in Washington, more than 200 missile strikes had occurred, the official said, up from 160 as of Thursday. Some of the strikes had landed in residential areas.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/02/25/ukraine-invasion-russia-news/#link-BN3NGAI2SJB3XB2OJGTSIXCE7I

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Russians "meeting more resistance" in advance towards Kyiv "than they expected," US defense official (Original Post) Wicked Blue Feb 2022 OP
Reminds me of Operation Oil Liberation in 2003. Aristus Feb 2022 #1
Actually, it was Operation Iraqi Liberation - OIL... Wounded Bear Feb 2022 #6
Six of one... Aristus Feb 2022 #7
Those Ukrainians are one tough bunch!! blue-wave Feb 2022 #2
They're Cossacks... Wounded Bear Feb 2022 #4
Oh, so I blue-wave Feb 2022 #5
Gosh, what a surprise. lagomorph777 Feb 2022 #3

Aristus

(66,093 posts)
1. Reminds me of Operation Oil Liberation in 2003.
Fri Feb 25, 2022, 12:15 PM
Feb 2022

"Tom, the Iraqis are doing something no one expected as American troops drive toward Baghdad."

"What's that, Jerry?"

"They're...they're...they're fighting back! This is something we simply hadn't planned for!"

blue-wave

(4,313 posts)
2. Those Ukrainians are one tough bunch!!
Fri Feb 25, 2022, 12:17 PM
Feb 2022

Remind me to always have them on my side!!

Slava Ukrayini! Heroyam slava!

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
3. Gosh, what a surprise.
Fri Feb 25, 2022, 12:17 PM
Feb 2022

Who could have predicted that - besides anybody who has watched any news about Ukraine in the past 20 years...

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