U.S. Defense Official Says Russia Retains 95 Percent Of Its Combat Power



Russia has stepped up its strikes in Sumy, where rescuers combed through rubble for survivors overnight. Russia also escalated attacks in Irpin, a suburb on the edge of Kyiv, forcing thousands to flee. A senior U.S defense official says despite Ukrainian resistance, Russia still has 95 percent of its combat power intact. 

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26 comments

  1. And now I will show you the children killed by the government of Ukraine and its army in the past 8 years. where have you been ???

    https://youtu.be/7Rs9cAYyHxA

    https://youtu.be/OYOvS5k8EAI

    https://youtu.be/j_o2YLMUT_0

    https://youtu.be/BCPD1qevFMw

  2. Who wants to be RUSSIAN THESE DAYS?

  3. Same old same old US concocted propaganda lies

  4. The tawdry hygienic regrettably vanish because poppy medicinally supply outside a uttermost disease. curved, salty fog

  5. Putin: you haven't seen my true form, son.

  6. It can be clearly seen from the situation map that the Ukrainian army in eastern Ukraine is either facing siege or chooses to retreat, while the army in western Ukraine either stays put or chooses to enter the encirclement for rescue. The Russian army is waiting for the eastern Ukrainian army to retreat to prevent it from being surrounded, so that Russia can occupy eastern Ukraine with minimal cost, or wait for the Ukrainian army to deploy more troops to eastern Ukraine, and then closing the encirclement can maximize the annihilation of the Ukrainian army. After the Russian army defeated the Ukrainian army in eastern Ukraine, it will eventually turn to the strategic defense of western Ukraine. Ukraine is likely to break up. A pro-Russian government is established in the east, while Ukraine in the west will eventually become a buffer zone for Russia and NATO. Russia has finally gained access to the sea, which also minimizes Ukraine's threat to Russia and minimizes friction between Russia and NATO on the Ukrainian border.

  7. Victory to Ukraine!

  8. On the other hand 95% of zero isn't very much.

  9. News Reporter, it's your moral duty to inform on the grounds that Russia is not asking Ukraine, they only need a security guarantee for themselves.

  10. Millions died in ukraine 1932- 1933. Never again!

  11. russia has pushed Ukraine and is killing people, putin is a barbarian💀

  12. Come on poland!! Fighter jets NOW!!!

  13. Ya NA!!!… the PUTZ has shown his hand… The russian military is way poor… BTW park the jets

  14. The same thing you Americans have been always doing in foreign countries you should be shame to talk about this

  15. According to what I've seen on telegram Ukraine has taken way more losses than Russia. Manpower and equipment. All those 155 rounds, cruise missiles, and airstikes have to be hitting something. 1 strike in a base in Sumy took out 70 ukrainian soldiers. Lots of propaganda coming from both sides about losses. We won't know for sure until this is all over.

  16. Now you know…can ya imagine if they let go all??

  17. WASHINGTON, Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said in a statement that the Pentagon did not believe Poland's proposal was "tenable," just hours after Polish officials released a statement saying the government was ready to deploy all of its MiG-29 fighter jets to US Air Force's Rammstein Air Base in Germany so they could then be provided to Ukraine in its fight against Russia.
    "It is simply not clear to us that there is a substantive rationale for it," Kirby said. "We will continue to consult with Poland and our other NATO allies about this issue and the difficult logistical challenges it presents, but we do not believe Poland's proposal is a tenable one."

    “not clear to us that there is a substantive rationale for it” ???? What, are we living on the same planet????

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    There you go, let’s the Ukrainian people died to protect our right for a free world. What a shame and a show of weakness in front of this criminal that will certainly not stop to only Ukraine. Just read about that type of monsters that show up in history.

    No wonder Zelensky losing his cool with the west.. What a shame…
    Slava Ukraini!

  18. I support Ukraine. But this video is escalatory. If the base message that "We need to enter the war" that this video is putting forth becomes mainstream… Then my friends, we are looking at either a nuclear winter, WWIII, or both. DO NOT BE MISLEAD.

  19. Then… That actually means 100%… As Russia could've concealed or adjusted that 5% .. from prying eyes.. 🙄

  20. 🇺🇦🇺🇲💚✌️

  21. Nero papavach it means you destroy in the past other's home's now your turn fell the Pain . history repeat itself.

  22. This reminds me a little bit what happened in Belgrade (former Yugoeslavia) For 78 days they endured a
    strike by land,sea and sky from April 1999 to june 1999 but this time was NATO that did the bombardment
    but people suffer just the same wherever they are from

  23. How many Ukrainian military hardware were destroyed by Russian cruise missile?

  24. Russia is performing better in minimizing civilian death than the US and Israel are the worst in air bombardments of civilians
    Why is western media a Fake , and. Bias to the reports

  25. U are spy for the gerat satan and nato