Russians are preparing to resume offensive operations.
Russian forces are preparing to resume offensive operations, said Ukrainian Defense Ministry spokesman Oleksandr Motuzyanyk.
According to foreign media, they are still trying to take the besieged southern port city of Mariupol and the towns of Popasna and Rubizhne in Luhansk, with their main efforts focused on encircling Ukrainian troops in eastern Ukraine, he was quoted as saying. ai.
There have been some movements of Russian forces away from the Kiev and Chernihiv regions, but the Ukrainian military command does not consider this a massive withdrawal, Motuzyanyk added.
Russia said Tuesday it would withdraw forces from the capital and the northern city of Chernihiv, but says its position on Crimea and the eastern Donbas region has not changed.