The Ukrainian military's "direct attacks" against the Russian convoy heading toward the capital city of Kyiv have slowed it down, a U.S. senior defense official told reporters on Friday.
Russia continued its all-out assault on Ukraine Wednesday afternoon, capturing the strategically important port city of Kherson near the Black Sea and making it the first major Ukrainian city to fall.
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