With @SecDef and his team in transit to Europe today, there is no background briefing at the Pentagon today about the war in Ukraine. The Pentagon has just released this, though:
"On day 20 of Russia’s war, we continue to assess limited to no progress by Russian ground forces in achieving their objectives."
"Kyiv remains under bombardment by long range fires, with civilian targets - to include residential areas - being struck with increasing frequency. But leading elements of Russian forces have not appreciably advanced on the city."
"We estimate Russian forces are still about 15-20km to the northwest and about 20-30km to the east. Ukrainians hold Brovary and are still defending Kyiv."
"Chernihiv remains isolated, but we still assess that Ukrainians are working to keep a line of communication open.
"Mariupol is likewise isolated and still suffering heavy bombardment."
"Mariupol is likewise isolated and still suffering heavy bombardment."
"Russian forces are still on the outskirts of Kharkiv, where, as before, they face stiff Ukrainian resistance.
"We’ve observed no apparent movement toward or past Mykolaiv."
"We’ve observed no apparent movement toward or past Mykolaiv."
"While we have observed some LSTs operating in the northern Black Sea, we are not seeing any imminent amphibious movement toward Odesa."
"There are no changes to the air picture to report. The Russians have now fired more than 950 missiles. There are no new strikes into western Ukraine to report."
"We assess that the Russians have approximately 90% of their combat power available to them; same for the Ukrainians."
"We have seen no movement of Russian forces stationed elsewhere in Russia being deployed to the west to reinforce the BTGs the Russians already have in Ukraine. And we’ve seen no evidence of Russian efforts to flow in additional supplies from inside Russia or from elsewhere."
"But we have reason to believe the Russians are considering their resupply and manning options.
"We still have no indications of Belarus inserting troops or preparing to do so."
"We still have no indications of Belarus inserting troops or preparing to do so."
"We have no updates on the convoy. It is still stuck.
"We have nothing to report with respect to Russian chemical or biological weapons."
"We have nothing to report with respect to Russian chemical or biological weapons."
"We cannot confirm Ukrainian reports of the deaths of senior Russian officers."
"Security assistance from the United States and other nations continues, to include over the last 24 hours. We will not detail the specifics, but these shipments did include weapons."
"Security assistance from the United States and other nations continues, to include over the last 24 hours. We will not detail the specifics, but these shipments did include weapons."
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