Russian forces in Ukraine are blasting cities and killing civilians but no longer making progress, intelligence agencies say
U.S. officials say Russia has deployed all the forces it had gathered on Ukraine’s borders up to February 24, thought to be around 170,000 troops.
“Russia hugely underinvested in logistics,” said Ben Barry, of the International Institute of Strategic Studies. “It’s very difficult to tell how much of the force is actually on the front line or stuck in traffic jams.”In the first days of the invasion, Russian expectations seemed to be getting met. Its forces broke out of Crimea on the morning of Feb. 24 with little opposition and, for the next 10 days, proceeded across about about 500 km of coastline.
In Melitopol, elected mayor Ivan Fedorov was abducted and marched across the town square by soldiers, according to fixed camera footage released by the office of President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.Article content On Wednesday, Putin said the “special military operation” he ordered in Ukraine was going to plan, but even in the south that looks unlikely. Far from hanging out their own Russian flags, thousands have gathered daily in Kherson to protest the occupation. In Berdyansk, smaller crowds chanted “go home”. In Melitopol, protesters scuffled with Russian soldiers on March 14, as they demanded Fedorov’s return.
Instead, Mayor Gennadiy Trukhanov, who had a Russian passport until 2017, has been vocal in denouncing the Russian attack and has directed volunteers as they fill sandbags and make tank traps.
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