British intelligence reports say that Russian forces have “made minimal progress on land, sea or air in recent days,” and that they “continue to suffer heavy losses.” Still, Russian forces have taken control of large sections of Ukraine, particularly in the east and south. In eastern cities controlled by Russia, witnesses described desolation and ruin where tens of thousands of people had lived.
...The Pentagon estimated that in three weeks of fighting, 7,000 Russian soldiers had been killed — greater than the number of American troops killed over 20 years in Iraq and Afghanistan.
