Russia has already launched 500 missiles on Ukraine, US says

Russia It has already fired some 500 missiles at Ukraine since the invasion began more than a week ago, a senior US defense official said Friday.

The aforementioned official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, offered the press information on the development of the fighting in Ukraine.

He stated that Russian forces have barely advanced since Thursday and are 25 kilometers away from the country’s capital, Kiev.

However, only 10 kilometers separate them from the center of the cities of Chernigov and Kharkov, in the north of the country, which means that the soldiers are really on the outskirts of those cities, since they are very widespread on the surface, added the aforementioned official.

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According United StatesMoscow is having more success in its invasion of the southern part of Ukraine.

On the other hand, a senior official explained that Ukraine has already received almost the entire military aid package valued at 350 million dollars that the US government approved last Saturday.

Specifically, according to that official, the military material valued at 240 million dollars has already entered Ukraine and the rest will arrive in the coming days or weeks.

United States It has been coordinating with 14 countries to give military aid to Ukraine since the Russian invasion began, but the senior official refused to name them.

After months of stress, Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine nine days ago, which has left 2,000 civilians dead, according to calculations by the Ukrainian State Emergency Service.

Also, more than a million people have fled Ukraine, according to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, on Thursday.

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