Admiral Radakin, the UK's chief of defence staff, said Russia was under pressure because 'it's running out of people and it's running out of high-tech missiles'.
Admiral Radakin said:"The Russian machine is grinding away, and it's gaining a couple of - two, three, five - kilometres every day.
He continued:"President Putin has used about 25% of his army's power to gain a tiny amount of territory and 50,000 people either dead or injured." • At least four people were killed and seven wounded after an airstrike hit the eastern city of Lysychansk The defence secretary admitted to Sky News earlier on Friday that Russia troops outnumbered Ukraine in artillery fire by 20 to 1 in some areas.
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