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Attacks on Ukraine part of "initial phase" of a "large-scale" Russian invasion, US defense official says
The attacks on Ukraine that the world has witnessed overnight are part of an “initial phase” of a Russian invasion into the country, a senior defense official said Thursday.
“It is likely you will see this unfold in multiple phases, how many, how long, we don’t know, but what we’re seeing are initial phases of a large-scale invasion,” the senior defense official said.
“They’re making a move on Kyiv,” the official said.
The attack, which began with missiles being launched at Ukraine around 9:30 p.m. ET last night, includes “three main axes of assault,” the official said.
There is one assault from the south to the north “basically from Crimea to a city named Kherson,” there’s another assault from north central Ukraine to the south “from Belarus to Kyiv,” and there’s a third assault “just to the northwest of Kyiv and just to the northeast of Kyiv,” from Belarus toward Kyiv, the official said.
“We still believe it’s our assessment, that they have every intention of basically decapitating the government and installing their own method of governance, which would explain these early moves towards Kyiv,” the official added.
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Russian attacks included missiles fired from land and sea, US official says
Russian attacks on Ukraine that began at 9:30 p.m. ET last night have included “roughly more than 100 Russian-launched missiles of various types” in the “initial onslaught,” a senior US defense official said on Thursday.
The missiles included “short-range ballistic missiles” as the primary weapon, but the number also included “medium-range ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, surface-to-air missiles,” and “sea-launched missiles from the Black Sea,” the official said.
At least 75 fixed-wing heavy and medium bombers were part of the initial attack on Ukraine, the official said.
Russia initiated “some ground incursions” into Ukraine from Belarus, northwest of Kyiv, the official added.
So far, Russian targets in Ukraine have included “military and air defense” targets, meaning “barracks, ammunition warehouses, nearly ten airfields,” the official said.
“We do not have a good sense of total damage, as you might expect. We do not have a good sense of casualties, civilian and or military,” the official added.
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