On Thursday night, almost 700 units of Russian equipment withdrew towards the Belarusian border, said Brigadier General Alexander Gruzevich, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Command of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine..

“During the night, almost 700 pieces of equipment retreated towards Ivankov, towards the Belarusian border.. These are 3 to 4 tactical battalion groups. That is, they move deeper,"

The Armed Forces of Ukraine believe that the enemy is either redeploying or moving forces to Donbass.

" But given the dynamics of actions throughout Ukraine, there is a high probability that the BTGs that are retreating (and they are not all retreating, part of the forces) will surface in the Donbass. Because not only in the Kiev region, but in almost all directions, the enemy has exhausted its offensive potential.

He needs to regain strength in order to continue offensive operations,"

At the same time, he added that the Russian forces that remain around Kyiv are "

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The brigadier general expressed his conviction that "

" But along with this, one should not discount the strength of the enemy, because today there are plenty of them around Kyiv in order to try to strike some kind of blow in response. First of all, this concerns missile strikes, which continue every day and increase every day,"

However, he assured that the enemy would definitely not penetrate Kyiv..

" He will definitely not be in Kyiv. So you don't have to worry. As for the Kiev region, active measures are being taken and carried out to liberate our settlements,"