US President Biden, who arrived in Poland to show Western unity, met American soldiers and said that they are fighting for democracy.
U.S. President Joe Biden stopped in Poland on Friday to meet with U.S. troops, President Andrzej Duda and Ukrainian refugees, in a bid to signal Western unity against Russia’s onslaught.
It comes as the U.K.’s Defense Ministry said Ukraine was pushing Russian troops back and regaining ground near Kyiv.
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy marked one month since Russia launched its full-scale attack by thanking his country’s armed forces, suggesting Moscow may not have launched its invasion if it knew the extent of Ukraine’s resistance.
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The U.K. Ministry of Defence said Russia seems likely to focus its artillery on urban areas.
“Russian forces are proving reluctant to engage in large scale urban infantry operations, rather preferring to rely on the indiscriminate use of air and artillery bombardments in an attempt to demoralise defending forces,” the ministry said in its daily intelligence update.
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It said, however, this strategy will likely come “at the cost of further civilian casualties” as Moscow looks to “limit its own already considerable losses.”
The ministry said Russia’s onslaught continues in a number of Ukrainian cities, including Kharkiv, Chernihiv and Mariupol.
Source: CNBC
