 U.S. confirmed, Ukrainian army broke through first line of defence of Russians. The offensive of the armed forces of Ukraine has not failed, although it is happening more slowly than expected. General Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the USA, stated this in an interview with the Almam-Lakatva channel. According to him, the offensive of the armed forces is proceeding slowly, but it is not a failure. They have crossed the main first line of defence. This line of defence, which the Russians have spent many months preparing, there are minefields, dragon's teeth and anti-tank trenches, and there is a complex matrix of defensive preparations. The Ukrainians are crossing it. Milley said he noted that the defence forces still have great combat power and the offensive is not over. It is still too early to judge the success or failure of the attack. It is clearly that partial success has been achieved so far. The speed of the attack was slower than I thought, but this is not uncommon in war because a war on paper is different from a war in reality. The general emphasised. The military commander said that when people are dying and tanks and anti-personnel armour are being destroyed on the ground and you are going through real dragon fangs and real mines, things go slower because people's lives are at stake.