Thread by @jseldin

Day 82 of #Russia-#Ukraine - Fight focused on the #Donbas w/both sides exchanged artillery fire

"They [#Russia] did not make significant territorial gains..." per a senior US defense official

NEW: US seeing heavy fighting in #Donetsk w/#Russia making small gains to the west, per a senior US defense official

Could be an attempt to link up with other Russian forces

"No progress" on #Russia|n attempts to cross #Donetsk River, per a senior US defense official

"They have been stymied, just about every effort"

#Ukraine forces continue to regain ground around #Kharkiv despite #Russia|n airstrikes

Ukrainian forces appear to have pushed Russian forces to within 3-4km of the Russian border, per senior US defense official

US assess only minor damage to #Ukraine training facilities at #Yavoriv after recent #Russia strikes, per a senior US defense official

Security assistance to #Ukraine: 10 deliveries via airlift from 7 nations into the region in past 24 hours, per a senior US defense official

US assesses #Russia now has 106 Battalion Tactical Groups (BTGs) in #Ukraine in eastern (20 BTGs), central, western, southern (50 BTGs - largest) groupings of different sizes, per a senior US defense official

#Russia's 106 #BTGs - "They've been creeping the number up" per a senior US defense official, calling it expected

"We do know that the Russians continue to take casualties. They continue to lose equipments and systems everyday..."

#Russia|n progress in #Ukraine, and the #Donbas - "Uneven, slow, incremental, short & small" per a senior US defense official

#Russia ground forces - 80% of BTGs committed to #Ukraine - "Of that 80% he has lost quite a bit" per a senior US defense official

US assesses of the 140+ BTGs arrayed vs #Ukraine, 106 still operational in Ukraine, "but not much else on the periphery" per official

#Russia's #Putin - "He still has a significant majority [of combat power] available to him" per a senior US defense official

Official says #Ukraine likewise has significantly majority of its combat power available

#Russia|n forces "have made several bridging attempts over the #Donetsk [River]...& just have not been able to be successful" per a senior US defense official

Airspace over #Ukraine on Day 82 of the #Russia|n invasion is STILL contested, per a senior US defense official

Official says Russia continues to be wary of flying sorties into #Ukraine

NEW: #Russia launched about a half dozen missiles at #Lviv from the #BlackSea - most likely from a submarine - and hit the training center at #Yavoriv, doing only minor damage, per a senior US defense official

So far no military movement by #Russia in response to #Sweden #Finland stating intentions to join @NATO

US/Pentagon "haven't seen indications that they're [#Russia] moving anything" per a senior US defense official

No indications of casualties so far at #Yavoriv due to #Russia missile strikes - "just some minor damage to a few buildings" per a senior US defense official

US #Howitzers to #Ukraine - "We can assess based on on our conversation w/the #Ukrainians... 74 (of the 90) are actually in the fight" per a senior US defense official

Some are being used in the fight around #Kharkiv, some in #Donbas, official adds

"You're already seeing the #Ukrainian go on the offensive" per a senior US defense official

"They are taking back some towns" in the #Donbas and in #Kharkiv, per official "We do believe the #Howitzers, in particular, are having an impact on that"