Zelensky in a video posted today: 'I'm here. We are not putting down any arms. We will protect our country.'
the streets Thursday and Friday to protest their government's inaction following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.called on the Ukrainian military to overthrow the government and "take power into your own hands" — explicitly demanding regime change as a precondition for peace talks.
A Pentagon official told reporters Friday: "The Russians have lost a little bit of their momentum. No population centers have been taken. Russia has yet to achieve air superiority." The official cautioned that Russia has only deployed one-third of its forces massed on the border and could still overwhelm Ukraine., deploying them to eastern flank countries, with Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg warning that "the Kremlin's objectives are not limited to Ukraine.
Still, defense analysts note that the Russian military exceeds the capabilities of Ukraine's on all fronts, and that thus far only about one-third of the Russian troops massed for the operation have entered the fray. Russia has also not unleashed the full force of its cyber capabilities, which could shut down key Ukrainian infrastructure.