US official briefs on Russia's war effort

US official briefs on Russia's war effort

A senior official at the US Department of Defence has just confirmed to reporters that a top Russian general visited the Donbas region of Ukraine last week.

Qazet.az reports that speaking on condition of anonymity, the US official said that General Valery Gerasimov was there, but that the US could not confirm that he had been injured, as some reports suggest.

The official said Russian airstrikes continue in Mariupol, and that Russian troops are increasingly relying on unsophisticated "dumb bombs" that have to be dropped from lower altitudes that more advanced weapons.

The official said that the US has transferred more than 70 of the 90 howitzer artillery guns promised to Ukraine, as well as tens of thousands of shells.