Russia does not have sufficient forces on the ground to make a major breakthrough in Ukraine after launching its offensive in the Kharkhiv region, Nato's supreme allied commander for Europe, Christopher Cavoli, said on Thursday.
Cavoli said Ukraine's forces were being shipped vast amounts of ammunition, vast amounts of short range air defence systems and significant amounts of armoured vehicles right now.
It's suicidal for Ukraine to have its main line of defense on the border, where the Russians can hit you with artillery and glide bombs and the Ukrainians don't have weapons available like Himars rocket artillery to hit back because of US restrictions, said George Barros, an analyst with the Institute for the Study of War.
Ukraine accused Russia of capturing and killing civilians in the border town of Vovchansk and of keeping about 35 to 40 people as human shields.
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