Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war against Ukraine cost the country thousands of soldiers as Kyiv has put up a staunch resistance against invading forces, American intelligence officials said during a March 8 hearing of the House Intelligence Committee. The number of Russian troops killed in the invasion to date is somewhere between 2,000 and 4,000, according to Lt. Gen. Scott Berrier, director of the Defense Intelligence Agency. However, he admitted that the estimate has been made with “low confidence.” He added the situation in Kyiv could become “somewhat desperate” in the coming 10 days to two weeks as Russia is cutting off supplies to the city. Moscow’s inability to take control of Kyiv and overwhelm Ukrainian forces has deprived it of a speedy military victory that was initially expected, Avril Haines, the director of National Intelligence, said at the hearing. Such a victory could have blocked NATO and the United …
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