UK says Ukrainian forces have recaptured territory 35km east of capital
The Ukrainian authorities have assured this Friday that the Army has initiated a counterattack in the region of the capital, kyiv. The Ukrainian Armed Forces have indicated in a statement on their account on the social network Facebook that “kyiv’s defense forces and means continue to repel the enemy’s offensive, causing damage and maintaining all lines of defense”, while confirming «defensive operations» in Donetsk, Slobozhansky and Volyn. The government has highlighted that the main fighting with the Russian forces is focused on the towns of Berishevka, Hostomel and Irpin. “We are holding the lines and launching counter-offensives in the kyiv region,” said Interior Ministry adviser Vadim Denisenko. Thus, he has stressed that the Ukrainian troops have killed more than 300 Russian soldiers and have destroyed twelve battle tanks, ten armored vehicles and several planes during the last day, according to the UNIAN news agency.
Likewise, the mayor of Borispil, Vladimir Borisenko, has announced that the Ukrainian forces have managed to recover the town of Lukianovka and thus free it from “enemy occupation”. “Lukianovka has been released. This is a strategic moment because we have managed to split the enemy in half and they are completely demoralized and disoriented,” Borisenko said.
However, he lamented that the large number of civilians remaining in the towns in the area “pose a problem” because the “invaders use them as a human shield.” “It is impossible to prepare for artillery attacks on the towns under occupation. We know where the enemy positions are but we know the number of civilians around”, he warned. “It is possible that we can get hold of two other locations, but if the population exceeds a thousand people, our forces cannot do anything”, has added.
For this reason, he has asked all residents who do not work in companies linked to vital infrastructure to leave their homes and move and has stressed that since the war began there are already 20,000 who have left Borispil.
supply lines
In this sense, the Ministry of Defense of the United Kingdom has indicated this Friday that the Ukrainian troops have managed to recover territory 35 kilometers east of kyiv in the framework of several “counterattacks”. “Russian forces are falling for too long supply lines,” he said in a statement. London has highlighted that “it is likely” that the Ukrainian forces “continue trying to push the Russian forces” towards the Hostomel airfield, northwest of kyiv, according to the German news agency DPA. Finally, he stated that “logistical problems and Ukrainian resistance” are slowing down Russia’s attempts to surround the city of Mikolaiv (south)
“In the south, the defensive operation continues in the designated operational zone, with a stabilization operation underway, and territorial defense tasks are being carried out,” he explained. “The Russian terrorist forces continue to fight, knowing that they violate Humanitarian Law and the laws of war,” he concluded.
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