NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that the war on the territory of Ukraine is not going as Russia expected. Russian troops retreat from Kharkov, informs The Guardian.

Russia's war in Ukraine does not continue as Moscow planned. They failed to take Kyiv. They are retreating from Kharkov, and their big offensive in the Donbass has stopped,"

The battle for Donbass, like the Russian war against Ukraine, is approaching a major tipping point. Ukrainian success in the battle for Kharkov is very important. The territories have been liberated, and the second largest city in the country is out of the range of Russian artillery. This is an important humanitarian and political achievement for Kyiv, said retired Australian Armed Forces General Mick Ryan..

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Russia's invasion of Ukraine is losing momentum. According to NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoana, Russia's military advance in Ukraine seems to be slowing down. The alliance believes that Ukraine can win the war.

Earlier, the former commander of US forces in Europe, General Ben Hodges, said that the Russian Federation is considering the possibility of capitulation in the war against Ukraine.. The general made such a conclusion from the statements of the Russian Federation that there would be no surrender.