Ukraine still has a "significant majority" of its military aircraft available nine days after Russian forces started their invasion of the country, a U.S. defense official said on Friday.
Highlights
- Ukraine still has a “significant majority” of its military aircraft available nine days after Russian forces started their invasion of the country, a U.S.
- defense official said on Friday.
- The Pentagon has established a new hotline with Russia’s ministry of defense to prevent “miscalculation, military incidents and escalation” in the region.
- The official added that Ukrainian aircraft had suffered some loses, including being destroyed by Russian forces, but did not give details of those losses.
- The United States cannot refute reports that Russian forces are in control of the port city of Kherson, but added the United States could not confirm the takeover.