Russian Troops Enter Ukraine's Kharkiv After Putin ‘Furious’ At Stalled Invasion

Russian President Vladimir Putin is said to be raging over the stalled invasion of Ukraine as his military troops breach the capital city of Kyiv. A European Union official who has reviewed Ukrainian intelligence reports said Putin is fuming mad over the slow pace of his military invasion and how things have not gone smoothly as planned.

According to Fox News, Russian forces have proceeded to push towards the city of Kharkiv, after failing to seize the capital. Footage posted on Sunday over social media showed Russian soldiers marching through Kharkiv as they started running and shooting at Ukrainians who welcomed them with gunfire as they stood their ground to defend their city.

On Saturday, former defense chief in Estonia and member of the European Parliament Riho Terras, posted a detailed run-through of the intelligence report on his social media saying Putin had thought his war and invasion of Ukraine would entail military operations planned to be over and done in 1 to 4 days. However, Russian advancing troops were met with strong resistance from the Ukrainian military along with retaliating civilians who have taken up arms and Molotov cocktails to fend off Russian soldiers since last week.

Terras noted how the Russian military lacked a solid tactical plan as its forces ran out of supplies. Having planned for only a 4-day attack, they had only brought enough rockets and are now forced to use artillery sparingly.

“If Ukraine manages to hold the Russians off for 10 days, then the Russians will have to enter into negotiations. Because they have no money, weapons, or resources,” Terras wrote. He added that any hopes of Russian troops getting more ammunition supplies is not looking too good as Western sanctions have been imposed on Russia. "They have no raw materials. What was previously supplied mainly from Slovenia, Finland and Germany is now cut off,” Terras claimed.

As of Sunday morning, Russian military offensives targeted Ukraine’s energy sources such as the Kharkiv gas pipeline and a civilian oil depot in Kyiv.

Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday that his country is ready for peace talks after reports that Ukrainian defenses struck a huge blow to Russian advancing forces when a convoy of 56 Chechen special forces sent to assassinate Zelensky was wiped out northeast of Kyiv by a Ukraine missile. It is unclear how many have died but reports from the Kyiv Independent revealed that Ukrainian forces were able to maintain full control of the capital city.