Russia making “incremental gains” on Ukraine battlefield at “significant cost,” Lloyd Austin warns

Ukraine’s allies met in Germany on Tuesday, with 50 defence leaders discussing concerns that Russian soldiers are gaining ground and additional military support for Ukraine. The meeting took place as the European Union (EU) signals it could use most of the profits from frozen Russian assets to finance weapons shipments to Ukraine.

“What we've seen on the battlefield is a series of incremental gains by the Russians. To the point that the chairman made a couple of minutes ago, these gains have come at significant cost in terms of personnel and equipment,” U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said.

Meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin says he will look to set up buffer zones near the front lines of Belgorod, where shelling near the Russia-Ukraine border is forcing the Kremlin to rethink its military strategy after long-range Ukrainian strikes led Russia to evacuate around 9,000 children.

Global’s Kyle Benning has the details.

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[MonsieurSerj]

A time will come for negociations, hopefully the west doesnt sabotage them again.

[georgesimon]

Pro Ukraine prop a gan da so the bots are out in full force.

[nickpope]

What a smart man Mr Putin is!!!! Go, Russia 🇷🇺

[namoi]

Isn't that the man who said Russia lost the 'Special Operation' last year???

[rpalmer]

This crazy it's none of our business we need to stay the hell outta it

[alexandrnoskov]

Tell Austin that Russia always achieves its goals.

[euangelion-]

We the people want the canadian government to take care of our needs first before blowing millions of dollars on a losing war in ukraine. The middle class is being taxed too much.

[Yuri-zy]

Where is election in Ukraine???Zelenskyy, did you wet your pants or something?

[svithi]

Federal government failing Indigenous communities on housing, policing but federal government sending $40 million to Ukraine for killing. It is unactable. When it come to election we have a say for you Liberal. 😢. First takecare of our people they vote for you.

[Wolft]

No, no! You were saying Ukraine was winning the war!! What happened, ?😂😂

[harryhoudini]

"significant costs" for whom?

By the way, as a Citizen of the West (not that that counts for anything anymore), may I ask why we could not achieve Victory against Russia, if the whole Sum of the Aid we have sent to Ukraine (officially, who knows what more happened in background) actually was HIGHER than Russias annual spending on its WHOLE

I really would like to know what our Money "bought us".

[WalkOverHotCoal]

How do you become bankrupt? Simple...incremental losses over time.

[beeswax]

Yeah idk about Ukraine at the point I think russia has them good the only way ukraine has a chance is the west but the west has its own problems.

[vbyssey]

Who believes Austin - Proven wrong the last 2 years -

[davidlopan]

What's the score? I hope my team is winning. Fingers crossed.

[amgeneralbuilding]

Well well, happy they are things should have stayed as they were and this would never had happen.

[Cherishthemoment]

Our world should never be in this place of danger and once this level of danger has passed, it must be prevented from ever happening again. NATO must be a force like no other on this planet. They must allow other nations to join and join much quicker. Their military might must become the deterrent that will crush any economy attempting to challenge it, but they must also, advance their capabilities to ensure any attempt to use weapons of mass destruction will be crushed long before they are ever air borne. If not, this world will end, it is just a matter of when. My opinion.

[ArabicReja]

The consequence of a Russian win in this invasion is too great.
- Russia 🇷🇺 can not win. Neither can China!

[МарияЦюр]

Will the US provide the promised weapons to Ukraine and Israel?

[danboden]

Your new province of joe hio seems to have no real budget or plan for so many billions.