Russian military still at between ‘80% and 85%’ capabilities, Pentagon assesses

Published April 8, 2022 8:18pm ET



Russia still has more than three-fourths of its capabilities in Ukraine, the Pentagon assesses, even after six weeks of a mostly unsuccessful military campaign.

A senior U.S. defense official told reporters on Friday afternoon that the department estimates Russian forces have “between 80% and 85% of what they had,” explaining that it “goes up or down depending on what individual factor you’re looking at: tanks, fighter aircraft, missile inventory, troops.”

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