By Peter Weber The Week
“The Russian invasion of Ukraine has largely stalled on all fronts,” Britain’s Ministry of Defense said in a public intelligence assessment early Thursday. “Russian forces have made minimal progress on land, sea, or air in recent days and they continue to suffer heavy losses. Ukrainian resistance remains staunch and well-coordinated. The vast majority of Ukrainian territory, including all major cities, remains in Ukrainian hands.”
One Ukrainian town, Voznesensk, is still in Ukraine’s hands because Ukrainian soldiers and local volunteers repelled a Russian attempt to capture it, in “one of the most comprehensive routs President Vladimir Putin’s forces have suffered since he ordered the invasion of Ukraine,” The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday, based on reporting in the strategically located southern town of 35,000.
