Ukrainian army officials said on Tuesday that the first five days of the Russian invasion of Ukraine had been killed. 5,710 Russian soldiers.
In a video posted on Facebook, a spokesman for the country’s general staff added that more than 200 Russian soldiers had been captured by Ukrainian forces.
The Ukrainian official also claimed that 198 Russian tanks, 29 planes, 846 armored vehicles and 29 helicopters had been destroyed. heavy losses during its invasion of Ukraine.
On Sunday, officials in Moscow were forced to admit that their forces had suffered casualties, after days of insisting that “no Russian soldiers were killed.”
Russia’s advance on Kyiv has seen only “little progress” in the past 24 hours, according to a new update from the British Ministry of Defense on Tuesday morning.
This little progress is attributed “rather to the ongoing logistical difficulties”.
It is also noted that Russian forces have increased their use of artillery north of Kiev and in areas of Kharkov and Chernihiv.
Photos from the bombing barrage in Ukraine’s second largest city Kharkiv were published by the Ukrainian Emergency Situations Service (SES). Kharkiv was hit by Russian missiles around 8 in the morning. The photos are reminiscent of World War II.
The Russian artillery hit the emblematic building of the state administration of the Region in Eleftherias Square. Residents were also affected by the attack, they said local authorities.
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