NATO's Secretary-General declares Ukraine is headed for victory as a British military assessment reveals Russia has lost around a third of the ground combat force deployed in February.
Almost three months after Russia shocked the world by invading Ukraine, NATO's Secretary-General has declared that the war "is not going as Moscow had planned" and its operation in the Donbas region has stalled.British military intelligence says Russia has lost a third of the ground combat force deployed in FebruarySweden joins Finland in bid to join NATO
Moscow's invasion, which it calls a "special operation" to disarm Ukraine and protect it from fascists, has jolted European security. The president of Finland, which shares a 1,300-kilometre border with Russia, confirmed on Sunday that his country would apply to join NATO, a major policy shift prompted by Russia's invasion.
An assessment by British military intelligence said Russia had lost about a third of the ground combat force deployed in February.
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