The head of the Russian National Guard — and a close Putin ally — said that the invasion of Ukraine was going slower than expected. The comments are the strongest admission yet that the invasion has not gone according to plan.
Russian National Guard chief Viktor Zolotov speaking in Moscow in December 2018. Photo: Mihail Siergiejevicz/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images
Viktor Zolotov, chief of the Russian National Guard and a close ally of President Vladimir Putin, said Sunday that Moscow's invasion of Ukraine has been slower than expected, according toZolotov's comments are the strongest admission yet from a member of the Russian Security Council that the invasion has not gone according to plan., who told Putin during a televised Security Council meeting on Friday that "All is going according to the plan.
The Russian National Guard, an internal security force, currently has troops in Ukraine, per Reuters."I would like to say that yes, not everything is going as fast as we would like," Zolotov said during a church service Sunday, according to Reuters. "But we are going towards our goal step by step and victory will be for us, and this icon will protect the Russian army and accelerate our victory," he added., which was expected to quickly disable Ukrainian forces, has lost between 2,000 and 4,000 soldiers so far throughout the invasion — far in excess of what it was anticipated to lose.
U.S. intelligence officials said the elevated number of causalities stem from Russia underestimating the strength of Ukrainian forces and internal military challenges with morale and logistics.have been killed by Russian forces.— 579 killed and 1,002 injured.
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