In its daily morning update, Ukraine’s General Staff of the Armed Forces says that its troops are continuing to repel attacks by Russian forces on the capital city Kyiv
.The Ukraine military said Russian forces have experienced difficulty replenishing quality personnel and shoring up losses suffered during the invasion, partly due to the impact of international sanctions.
It also claimed Russian equipment was in “poor technical condition” due to “negligent prior exploitation and prolonged storage”.
These factors were affecting Russia’s ability to “maintain the necessary pace of combat and achieve the war’s ultimate goal”, the statement said.
However this has not stopped Russia from continuing to lob assaults and air raids and inflict damage on Ukrainian forces, the update added.
It claims Moscow has deployed maximum units in the partly-Russian held territory of Crimea, alongside in areas of Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Mariupol and Donetsk regions, in order to “suppress the resistance of the residents”.
In the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, Ukrainian forces repelled Russian attacks and destroyed 8 tanks and 11 units of the enemy’s vehicle equipment.
The update claimed Ukrainian air defense units shot down 3 planes and 3 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) belonging to Russia.
The BBC has not been able to verify this information.
