The Russian military’s “main objective” in Ukraine remains the toppling of the government in Kyiv, even though this has not gone according to plan in the first two weeks, a senior defense official said.

The Department of Defense continues to see evidence that the Ukrainian resistance is slowing down Russian forces, with the official saying Tuesday that they “haven’t moved closer to the city center.”

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