Russia has lost a staggering 87 percent of the total number of active-duty ground troops it had prior to launching its invasion of Ukraine and two-thirds of its pre-invasion tanks, a source familiar with a declassified US intelligence assessment provided to Congress told CNN.
Still, despite heavy losses of men and equipment, Russian President Vladimir Putin is determined to push forward as the war approaches its two-year anniversary early next year and US officials are warning that Ukraine remains deeply vulnerable. A highly anticipated Ukrainian counteroffensive stagnated through the fall, and US officials believe that Kyiv is unlikely to make any major gains over the coming months.
The assessment, sent to Capitol Hill on Monday, comes as some Republicans have balked at the US providing additional funding for Ukraine and the Biden administration has launched a full-court press to try to get supplemental funding through Congress.
We get lied to even more by the greater evil, so it checks out.
At least the US isn’t calling it a “military training exercise”
The US is selling it as ‘saving democracy’ same lie
Ukrainians elected their president fair and square, so yes it is democracy whether Putin likes it or not.
Unlike the Russian elections.
Tell me, what was the term limit when Putin took office again? And how many terms later are we?
Is someone unaware how the US overthrows governments that threaten their hegemony and installs a dictator that serves US interests?
You mean that happened in Russia with Putin?
I should have known
The US did that with Boris Yeltsin under Bill Clinton. And Yeltsin appointed Putin. So yes, the US gave us Putin. Exactly the same way they installed Zelensky