The British Ministry of Defense believes that the Russian occupation forces are trying to surround the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which hold the defense in the east, approaching them from the north and south. The British Ministry of Defense announced this on Twitter..

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According to British intelligence, the occupiers are trying to encircle Ukrainian troops in the east of the country as they advance towards Kharkiv in the north and Mariupol in the south..

“Russian troops are still trying to bypass Nikolaev, in an attempt to move west to Odessa,” British intelligence reports..

Latest Defense Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine - 23 March 2022Find out more about the UK government's response: https://t. co/PCEfBZMADk? #StandWithUkraine? pic. twitter. com/gmDkmzjI7F.

— Ministry of Defense? (@DefenceHQ) March 23, 2022.

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Earlier, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported operational information about the invasion of the Russian Federation as of the morning of March 23. The Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to conduct a defense operation in the Eastern, South-Eastern and North-Eastern directions. At the same time, active movement of Russian and Belarusian military equipment continues across the territory of Belarus and its further accumulation along the Ukrainian border.