As of Sunday evening, there is growing evidence that Ukraine is managing to inflict significant casualties on Russian forces as they try to advance deeper into the country and that the lightning strike Russia hoped to carry out on the capital Kyiv has been slowed by intense and popular resistance.
According to a U.S. senior defense official, Russian troops appear to be having fuel and logistics shortages near Kharkiv in northeast Ukraine but also credited the slowdown of the invasion to the resistance, saying that it is believed the advance was slowed in part “by resistance by the Ukrainians who have been quite creative in finding ways to attack columns.”
Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy provided an update to the invasion on Sunday giving a pessimistic outlook on possible diplomatic solutions with Russia.
In a three-minute televised speech, Zelenskyy said he talked with Belarusian leader Alexandr Lukashenko for the first time in two years. Lukashenko suggested that Russian and Ukrainian delegations meet at the Belarus-Ukraine border for negotiations — something Ukraine agreed to earlier Sunday but Zelenskyy said he told Lukashenko he does not believe there will be a breakthrough or tangible outcome in talks with Russian representatives.
Source-ABC
