In northern Ukraine, Russian troops have been completely withdrawn to Belarus and Russia. At least part of these forces will be transferred to eastern Ukraine to fight in Donbas.

This was reported by the UK Ministry of Defense on Twitter.

"Many of these forces will need significant replenishment before they are ready to deploy further east, with any mass redeployment from the north likely to take at least a week," the report said.

According to the British Defense Ministry, Russian shelling of towns in the east and south continues, and Russian forces have advanced further south from the strategically important town of Izyum, which remains under their control.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Latest Defence Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine - 8 April 2022<br> <br>Find out more about the UK government&#39;s response: <a href="https://t.co/lrfW1pqwQe">https://t.co/lrfW1pqwQe</a><br><br> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/StandWithUkraine?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#StandWithUkraine</a>  <a href="https://t.co/WPHtWTQEnp">pic.twitter.com/WPHtWTQEnp</a></p>&mdash; Ministry of Defence (@DefenceHQ) <a href="https://twitter.com/DefenceHQ/status/1512284278813597702?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 8, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>