The progress of the Ukrainian counter-offensive against Russian troops is "very deliberate", US Chief of Staff Mark Milley said Thursday. The progress of this counter-offensive is "steady and it's deliberate," Milley told reporters after a meeting of Ukraine's allies at the US base in Ramstein, Germany, to coordinate military aid to Kiev. But he warned that it was "still too early" to make a clear assessment of the situation on the ground. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES