The Russian invasion of Ukraine has largely stalled on all fronts, the UK Defense Ministry said Thursday on its official Twitter account.
"Russian forces have made minimal progress on land, sea or air in recent days" and continue to suffer heavy losses, the ministry said, adding that Ukrainian resistance remains strong.
"The vast majority of Ukrainian territory, including all major cities, remains in Ukrainian hands."
An earlier intelligence report from the ministry said Russia is resorting to the use of older, less precise weapons that are less militarily effective and more likely to result in civilian casualties.
Due to the delays in "achieving their objectives and failure to control Ukrainian airspace," the UK Ministry of Defence's intelligence update said Russia has probably “expended far more stand-off air launched weapons than originally planned,” leading them to resort to weapons that are less militarily effective.
Some context: This is not the first report suggesting Russia's advance is slowing in Ukraine.
- A senior US defense official used similar language Monday during a background briefing with reporters, describing that "almost all" Russian advances "remain stalled." The forces moving on Kyiv, including the infamous convoy to the north, had not appreciably progressed over the weekend, the official said, though the US did see Russia trying to “flow in forces behind the advance elements” moving to the north of Kyiv.
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