United States estimates that this morning more than 100 missiles were launched on Ukraine from Russia and Belarus, and that there were about 75 Russian planes involved. This was pointed out by Pentagon sources to the EFE and AFP news agencies.
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A US military official noted that the Russian military used ballistic missiles, mainly against military infrastructure installations. While the bombers that took part in the attack were heavy and medium.
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The source pointed out that the attacks on Ukraine are “the initial phase of a large-scale invasion” that aims to take Kiev and “decapitate” the government of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensk.
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The senior US defense official, who requested anonymity, detailed how Washington analyzes the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which began this morning and has already killed several dozen people. He added that Russian troops had crossed the border by land, but he did not say how many.
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The Russian attack includes “three main axes of assault,” the official continued: one from the south to the north, “basically from Crimea to a city called Kherson”; and a second from the north, “from Belarus to Kiev”.
A third axis runs from the Russian region of Belgorod to the outskirts of Kharkov, the country’s second largest, located in northeastern Ukraine, the source added.
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The initial deployment of the United States
On Tuesday, the Pentagon announced that it planned to send eight F-35 fighter-bombers, which were based in Germany, to “various locations” on NATO’s eastern flank. This Thursday, six of those F-35 fighters were sent to the Baltic Sea and the Black Sea, the Spangdahlem air base in Germany reported in a statement.
According to The Washington Post, two of the fighters have traveled to Estonia, another two to Lithuania and two more to Romania; and several Apache helicopters are expected to head to eastern Europe on Thursday.
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