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The head of Russia’s National Guard has said that Moscow’s military operation in Ukraine is not going as quickly as the Kremlin had wanted, in the strongest public acknowledgement yet that the invasion is not going to plan.

"I would like to say that yes, not everything is going as fast as we would like," Mr Zolotov said in comments posted on the National Guard's website.

Those comments appeared to be at odds with an assessment made on Friday by Russia's Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, who told Putin that "everything is going according to plan".

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...-zelensky/

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Nothing wrong, just never expect ukraine willing to lose so much, yet don't want to surrender.
But Russia holds all cards... when ammunition run out, ukriane will change government.