Ukraine-Russia war, USA: “No sign of Putin’s de-escalation”

War in Ukraine, there are no signs of Putin’s de-escalation. These are the words of the spokesman for the US State Department, Ned Price. “About a third” of the combat troops that Russia had amassed at the borders are now within Ukrainian territory. This was reported by an American defense official, quoted by CNN. “This does not mean that they will no longer commit themselves,” the official said. “I am only giving you a snapshot of what we are seeing at the moment.” The Russian forces headed to Kiev have “met more resistance than they expected,” he said. a US defense official declared in front of the press, according to reports from CNN. “I can’t give you an exact geographic location of where they are, but they’re not moving over Kiev as fast as expected,” the official said.