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Tuesday, March 1, 2022
US senator after security briefing: ‘The fight for Kyiv will be long and bloody’
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleUS Senator Chris Murphy, a Connecticut Democrat, reveals a few details from a classified security briefing for US lawmakers.
Russian forces are behind their planned timeline for the invasion, amid fierce Ukrainian defense and Russian equipment and logistics failures, he says.
Supply lines to Ukraine are still viable, but the Russians will attempt to cut off and besiege Kyiv in the coming weeks.
“The fight for Kyiv will be long and bloody and Ukrainians are rapidly preparing for street to street combat,’ he says.
The US and allies are coordinating on freezing the assets of Putin and Kremlin-linked oligarchs, and are also preparing to seize those assets, which the Russian leadership probably did not anticipate, he says.
The US Department of Defense and Department of Homeland security are pushing for Congress to pass a budget, partly to free up funds for supporting Ukraine, he says.
Just leaving classified briefing on Ukraine crisis. A few takeaways that I can share:
1/ Confirmation that the Russians have fallen behind their timeline. Ukrainian resistance has been fierce and there have been multiple Russian equipment and logistics failures.
— Chris Murphy ???? (@ChrisMurphyCT) March 1, 2022
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