NEW: Day 156 of #Russian invasion of #Ukraine - "We continue to see #Russia failing...paying a high price for ver little gain" per senior US defense official
But "Russian rhetoric trying to mask these losses" per official, citing comments by Lavrov, others
But "Russian rhetoric trying to mask these losses" per official, citing comments by Lavrov, others
US has intelligence Russia running at least 18 so-called filtration camps in occupied parts of #Ukraine, with some #Ukrainians being executed, per senior US defense official
"The #Ukrainians are giving it to them pretty good" per senior US military official on #Ukraine progress vs #Russia, per senior US defense official
US "don't have any definitive information" on what happened at prison in #Olenvika hit by either #Russia|n or #Ukraine, per sr US defense official
"Apply some caution to what the Russians are telling us...they have made several claims in the past that weren't close to correct"
"Apply some caution to what the Russians are telling us...they have made several claims in the past that weren't close to correct"
#Russia|n casualties in #Ukraine "significant" per senior US defense official, but doesn't give any figures
#Russia's gains "relatively small at a gigantic cost" per senior US defense official
Says fighting will likely go on for as long as #Ukraine is able & willing to go "toe-to-toe"
Says fighting will likely go on for as long as #Ukraine is able & willing to go "toe-to-toe"
Fighting in eastern #Ukraine, small gains going "back and forth", per senior US defense official
Ukrainian defenses "have been stalwart" for past 3 weeks, per the official
Ukrainian defenses "have been stalwart" for past 3 weeks, per the official
"We're not seeing any real, substantive change" as #Russia tries [and fails] to advance, per senior US defense official
#Ukraine still has some of the original batch of #PhoenixGhist drones... new deliveries set for August, per senior US military official
#Russia "looking at a troubling economic picture" per senior US defense official
The US, Western sanctions "are just now starting to have an effect... this is just the beginning"
The US, Western sanctions "are just now starting to have an effect... this is just the beginning"
"Significant effort underway...to ensure we can continue producing not just what #Ukraine needs but what we need" re munitions/ammo, per senior US defense official
#Russia has just about a half dozen ships underway in the #BlackSea - all staying far away from the coast, per senior US military official
US working to procure significant quantity of spare parts for #Ukraine's #Soviet-era/made jets, per senior US defense official
Still looking at getting Ukraine other
Still looking at getting Ukraine other
#Russia|n filtration camp - no details on current numbers BUT as of mid-April Ukraine claimed 1,700 soldiers and civilians were being held - "I would imagine that number is significantly higher now" per senior US defense official
#Ukraine soldiers, civilians in #Russia|n filtration camps being threatened with or subjected to torture, gender-based violence and even executions, per senior US defense official
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