Senior Pentagon Official: Parties Making No Progress In Ukraine-Russia War

The senior Pentagon official, who briefed a group of journalists after the US administration announced it would provide additional $2.6 billion in military aid to Ukraine, said: “The war is at an important stage. Fighting continues in the East (Ukraine), but there have been no significant changes in territorial control recently. The situation is relatively stable on the fronts where there is a significant amount of artillery fire and neither side has managed to maneuver.” saying.

The official, who claimed that Russia continued to suffer heavy losses of soldiers in the war, claimed that the Russian-backed Wagner Group was “like thrown into a meat grinder” and that Russian troops were unable to move due to the established line of defense. by Ukrainian forces.

The official claimed that they provided support to the Ukrainians to change the dynamics in the field.

Explaining that they are continuing to work for Ukraine to get gradual air defense capability, the senior official said that they will continue to supply munitions to this country.

The official claimed that since the start of the war, the United States has trained 4,000 Ukrainian soldiers for Bradley armored infantry fighting vehicles and Stryker armored vehicles.

Sharing the information that the number of Ukrainian soldiers who have so far trained to use weapons and equipment of US origin has exceeded 7,000, the official noted that they will soon start training for Abrams tanks. (AA)