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Up to 60% failure rate for some Russian missiles in Ukraine, U.S. officials say

A missile is seen after a shelling, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, in Kharkiv, Ukraine March 24, 2022. [Reuters]

The United States assesses that Russia is suffering failure rates as high as 60% for some of the precision-guided missiles it is using to attack Ukraine, three U.S. officials with knowledge of the intelligence told Reuters.

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