Russian forces for several weeks are behind what Russian President Vladimir Putin was counting on, after the focus of Russian hostilities shifted to the Donbass, says a senior representative of the US Department of Defense.
“Putin for two weeks, or even more, lags behind the place where he would like to be in the East,” the BBC quotes the words of an American official.
At the end of April, a representative of the US Department of Defense said that Russia is behind the schedule for several days.