Moscow’s troops have fired over 950 missiles since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, according to a senior US defense official.
The official added that the Pentagon “continues to assess limited to no progress by Russian ground forces in achieving their objectives,” stating that the Russian troops have not advanced closer to Ukraine’s capital city, Kyiv and are nearly 10 miles northwest of the city and about 13 miles to the east.
According to the anonymous official, Russia’s forces are “still about 15-20 kilometers to the northwest and about 20-30 kilometers to the east” of Kyiv. Most of the targets include residential areas.
“Kyiv remains under bombardment by long-range fires,” the official said.
The official added that security assistance from the United States and other countries “continues” to be provided to war-hit Ukraine. In the last 24 hours, the shipments that landed in Ukraine “did include weapons.”
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According to the senior official, Russia’s arsenal includes cruise, ballistic, short-range and medium-range missiles.
The information was provided to reporters on Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin’s flight from Washington DC to Brussels. Austin is visiting Brussels to attend the NATO Defense Ministerial.
While Russia’s ground forces seem to have made “limited to no progress”, the Russian missile attacks continue to collapse life and property in Ukraine. Beginning this evening, Ukraine’s capital has declared a 35-hour curfew. The move comes after several missiles devastated residential areas in Kyiv.
As tensions rise, leaders from Slovenia, Poland and the Czech Republic have announced that they will travel to Ukraine’s capital to meet with Ukrainian leaders and officials on Tuesday.
US President Joe Biden will travel to Europe next week to meet with European leaders over the Russian invasion of Ukraine, according to an announcement by White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Tuesday.
