Ukraine’s leadership is proving to be the “most important difference right now” between Russians and Ukrainians in the war, according to Gen. Mark Milley.

The Joint Chiefs chairman detailed to the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense on Tuesday, where he testified with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, why he believed Ukraine’s resistance has been so successful, specifically in keeping the Russians away from Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital, and Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city.

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