U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin visited Ukraine to discuss military aid with Ukraine’s president.
The ministry said Russian forces lack"sufficient logistical and combat support enablers" and has only made"minor advances" in the region.
Russia's defense ministry has also proposed that compensation payments for the families of deceased Russian troops be overseen by military rather than civilian officials, the British ministry said. Secondly, U.S. diplomats will be returning to Ukraine as early as this week, starting with day trips into the western city of Lviv then graduating to potentially other parts of the country and ultimately, to resume their presence in Kyiv. A senior state department official said Sunday that"we'll seek to have our diplomats return to our embassy in Kyiv as soon as possible."
Russia is planning a staged referendum in Kherson, Ukraine, to justify its occupation, the British defense ministry said in an intelligence update. "Russia's own domestic elections have been beset by allegations of vote rigging and have seen high-profile opposition blocked from running," the ministry added.The U.S. secretaries of state and defense met Sunday night with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the highest-level visit to the war-torn country's capital by an American delegation since the start of Russia's invasion.
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