KYIV, Ukraine - Nearly one month has passed since the biggest land invasion in Europe since World War II, and there have been no major breakthroughs on the battlefield or the negotiating table.Russian forces appeared bogged down outside major cities in the face of fierce Ukrainian resistance.
Strikes on cities continued to wreak destruction across the country.Ukraine's capital Kyiv shook early Wednesday with Russian shelling that sparked fires in high-rise buildings, injuring four people.
Russian bombs destroyed a critical bridge that had connected Ukraine's encircled city of Chernihiv to the capital and allowed aid to get inside.In Kyiv's suburbs, artillery thundered as Ukrainian forces fought tooth and nail to hold back the Russian invasion.Western intelligence assessments say Russia’s military losses are mounting.
But human suffering is deepening in Ukraine’s besieged and ruined cities, where people are fighting to survive with little food, water, power or heat.President Joe Biden is set to head to Brussels on Wednesday to meet NATO leaders about the war.U.S.