The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has said that the Russian occupant troops continue to leave the Kyiv Region, while taking away stolen vehicles and looted goods. Active fighting continues in the eastern regions at the beginning of the 37-day war.
This is reported by the AFU General Staff.
Our military observes the continuation of the partial withdrawal of Russian occupation troops units from the north of the Kiev region towards the state border with Belarus.
"The movement of mixed columns of equipment of varying numbers is recorded. The columns also include civilian vehicles (trucks, buses, vans, cars), which were stolen by Russian invaders during the temporary occupation of the territories. In addition, the enemy is removing property that was looted," the report reads.
The General Staff said that in the temporarily occupied territories, the Rashists restrict the movement of civilians, use homes and apartments of local residents to house their soldiers, holding local residents and activists hostage. In addition, the occupiers continue looting and violence.
"In some areas temporarily occupied by the enemy, the occupiers are trying to force entrepreneurs to switch to paying for goods and services in Russian rubles," the headquarters added.
Ukrainian defenders in the Donetsk and Luhansk directions for a day repelled 7 enemy attacks. AFU fighters destroyed 3 Russian tanks, 2 armored personnel carriers, 2 vehicles and 2 artillery systems, shot down an Orlan-10 UAV.
"The Ukrainian defense forces continue to successfully carry out the assigned tasks, pursue the retreating enemy, break through the defensive positions of the occupants and gradually liberate the Ukrainian lands," the report said.
Recall, earlier President Volodymyrr Zelensky called the situation in the southern direction and in Donbas "extremely difficult."
