The U.S. Pentagon on Wednesday told reporters that Russian troops now adopt defensive positions north of Kievinstead of advancing, while Russian efforts to advance in other areas have stopped, the Guardian reports.
Jack Detsch, a Foreign Policy correspondent, wrote on Twitter that Ukraine’s counterattack near Kyiv had pushed Russian forces further away from the capital. Russian troops have been pushed 24 kilometers away in recent days, Detsch said.
The Pentagon added that Russia has now launched more than 1,200 missiles, said Jeff Seldin, Voice of America correspondent. He also said that Russian troops north of Kiev were now taking up defensive positions instead of continuing their offensive.
U.S. officials have said that when Russian forces begin to fortify, it means that they believe that they can not advance.
Kyiv remains a target for the Russian military, which has been ousted in recent weeks in the northwestern and eastern parts of the Ukrainian capital. retreat in recent days on many of these fronts, Vitali Klisko, the mayor of the city, supported today, Wednesday.
“The target of the attacker is the capital of Ukraine, the heart of our country,” the former world boxing champion told a news conference at a historic park in the city center overlooking the Dnieper River.
Up to 40,000 Russian soldiers were killed, wounded, captured or missing in the war in Ukraine, a senior NATO military official was quoted as saying by the Wall Street Journal. Still a Russian commander, the 15th according to estimates, was killed by Ukrainian forces in the field, with sky news pointing to this issue.
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