but many of them are literally, according to u.s. official, stuck in the mud there, and not making any real progress. and the resistance from ukraine fighters in that region has been outstanding. and in fact, as we talked about in the past, they already pushed back some of those units, from the area of kharkiv. the second largest city here in ukraine. so those forces are being met with staunch resistance, from the ukrainian fighters, and are running low, we are told on just the basics of supplies, including fuel, to move forward. even in the route to the war, u.s. officials had previewed that ukraine s muddy season would be an im medment to russia s advance and we re seeing that now. nbc s jay gray. thank you very much. stay safe. we appreciate it. president biden has asked congress to separate the latest aid package from ukraine from a covid relief bill hoping to get the ukrainian aid passed as quickly as possible. the president initially
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