The two main Russian routes for the attack in Kyiv are reported to be blocked reports CNN, which cites information from the Ukrainian army.
THE Oleksandr Khruzevicthe deputy chief of staff, reportedly said that Russian forces trying to encircle the capital on both sides of the Dnieper River – which separates the city from north to south – have stopped.
“As of today, the enemy has stopped at a distance almost 70 kilometers from the right bank of the city, which makes it impossible to carry out fire, except for rocket fire. On the left bank, the advance has [επίσης] stopped. The enemy is cynically attacking our infrastructure. [Αλλά] “The main attack methods have been blocked,” he said on Friday.
In a briefing later in the day, Ukraine’s Defense Ministry confirmed that Russia’s main targets for the siege of Kiev “have not been met.” The ministry said, however, that Russian forces had not given up on trying to resume supplies to Kyiv.
The Ukrainian Defense Ministry also claimed that it had killed the Russian lieutenant general Andrei Mordvicev. If the information is true, he will be the fifth Russian general killed on the battlefield.
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The Ukrainian Defense Ministry, however, announced late Friday that its forces had “temporarily” lost access to the Sea of Azov as Russian troops, which invaded its neighboring country last month, tightened their grip around Mariupol, where is a port of strategic importance that is bathed by it. According to reports, street fights of Ukrainians are taking place in Mariupol with Chechens.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky today called for substantive peace talks with Russia, saying that otherwise the other side would need generations to recover from the losses suffered by the war.
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