It is a trip which once again confirms the importance for Moscow of the conquest of eastern Ukraine.

Russian Chief of Staff Valery Gerasimov visited the frontline in the Donbass region last week, a senior Pentagon official said on Monday.

However, he could not confirm the rumors that he was injured.

“What we can confirm is that we know that for several days last week he was in Donbass,” the official said on condition of anonymity.

“We don't think he's still there.

(We think) he is gone and is back in Russia.

We cannot confirm reports that he was injured.”

According to kyiv, Gerasimov was not injured

An adviser to Ukrainian Interior Minister Anton Guerashchenko said on Sunday that many Russian officers had been hit in an "explosion" in Izium, eastern Ukraine, adding that Valery Guerassimov was on the spot.

Another adviser to the Ministry of the Interior, Viktor Androussiv, for his part affirmed on Ukrainian television that Guerassimov had not been injured.

Valery Guerassimov is said to have inspected the front to better understand the conditions on the ground, as Russian forces, after failing to take kyiv, are trying to take control of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions.

The Pentagon official also explained that Russian forces were making limited progress in their battle against the Ukrainians in the region, calling their progress "very uneven" and "anemic".

According to him, the Russians, for example, took control of villages and then lost them to Ukrainian fighters.

He claimed that the Russian military was demoralized and suffered from a disorganized command.

Many Western arms deliveries

Meanwhile, arms deliveries to Ukrainians from the United States and Western allies continue, including heavy artillery, radar systems and attack drones.

In the past 24 hours, about 20 flights carrying US weapons have landed near Ukraine, with 11 more planned over the next 24 hours, officials said.

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