Russian advance in Ukraine slow; US says Moscow 'is failing'

[Omaha Steve]

Last edited Mon Apr 25, 2022, 08:03 AM - Edit history (1)

Source: AP

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Top American officials pledged Monday to help ensure Ukraine wins its fight against Russia following face-to-face talks with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv, while Britain said Moscow has yet to achieve a significant breakthrough in its offensive in Ukraine’s eastern industrial heartland.

In meetings with Zelenskyy, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said the United States had approved a $165 million sale of ammunition for Ukraine’s war effort, along with more than $300 million in foreign military financing.

“The strategy that we’ve put in place — massive support for Ukraine, massive pressure against Russia, solidarity with more than 30 countries engaged in these efforts — is having real results,” Blinken told reporters in Poland the day after meeting with Zelenskyy and other Ukrainian officials.

“When it comes to Russia’s war aims, Russia is failing. Ukraine is succeeding. Russia has sought as its principal aim to totally subjugate Ukraine, to take away its sovereignty, to take away its independence. That has failed.”



In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Presidential Press Office on Monday, April 25, 2022, from left; U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken pose for a picture during their meeting Sunday, April 24, 2022, in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

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[Botany]

1. Proud to be an American again ... Grown ups are in the room

[jaxexpat]

2. If we can only keep them from nodding off.

[Botany]

5. 7 hour time difference between Washington D.C. and Kyiv, Ukraine

And no day or so to adjust for the time difference

The 9 AM Ukraine meeting is 2 AM for people from D.C..

[KS Toronado]

3. I hope wherever we make the switchblades at

they are ramping up production. Ukraine needs every one of them.

[Torchlight]

4. Putin's failure may go deeper than military tactics.

I tend to think he's unified the western nations and NATO to a point not seen in many years. NATO is being perceived as suddenly relevant by many who believed it past its Best Used By date. He's currently forced the expansion of NATO while simultaneously isolating his own nation.

I doubt this was his plan. Bless his heart.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

6. These are the indicative estimates of Russia's combat losses as of April 25

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