Putin Has a Problem: The Russian Military Is Struggling in Ukraine

On the third day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, fighting across the country rages on as Russian forces are struggling to meet their objectives.
Fighting in Kyiv
The bulk of the Russian forces invading from the north is approximately 20 miles from the center of the Ukrainian capital. But their advance has been stalled by the fierce Ukrainian resistance.
“[The invasion line] towards Kyiv, we assess is going slower than the Russians had anticipated it going. They’re meeting more resistance than they expected, but I don’t—I can’t give you an exact geographic location of where they are, but they are not moving on Kyiv as fast as what we believe they anticipated they would be able to do. That said, they continue to try to move on Kyiv,” a senior U.S. defense official said on Friday.
Moscow stated that Russian forces have resumed their advance after alleged negotiation efforts with the Ukrainian government failed. But according to Pentagon, Russian forces didn’t seem to halt their advances …
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