Russia lost around 4,300 officers during its invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Malyar said on Sunday, adding however that the figure was being clarified.
She also noted on his Facebook page that Russian troops lost about 146 tanks, 27 planes and 26 helicopters.
Meanwhile, Russia says his troops captured 471 Ukrainians soldiers during the fighting in Ukraine. Since Thursday morning, 975 military targets have been destroyedsaid Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov. Eight fighter planes and seven helicopters as well as 11 combat drones had been shot down down. 28 other planes were destroyed on the ground, along with 223 tanks and others combat vehicles.
Konashenkov did not give any information on the number of soldiers kill in Russian ranks.
In the Eastern Donbass region, the Russian-backed separatists had now advanced another 12 kilometers (7.5 miles), he said. They had captured two settlements northeast of the besieged port city of Mariupol. the information cannot be independently verified.
near east city of Kharkiv, Konashenkov said that a regiment of Ukrainian soldiers had surrendered. As soon once the bureaucratic formalities are completed, they will be able to return to their families, he said.
The British Ministry of Defense said fighting took place overnight in Kyiv was less intense than the day before, but battles rage in Ukraine second-most grand city, Kharkiv. The UK Ministry of Defense released intelligence updates on social media since theinvasion Russian.
He said on Sunday that “Ukrainian forces have engaged the remnants of Russian irregular forces within the city of Kyiv for the second night in in a row, the fighting was less intense than the previous evening.
“After encountering strong resistance in Chernihiv, Russian forces bypass the area in in order to favor encirclement and isolation of Kyiv”, did he declare. “Intensive exchanges of rocket artillery overnight was followed by heavy fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces in Kharkiv.”
The ministry said Russian forces continued to advance into Ukraine from multiple fronts, but were encountering strong resistance from Ukrainian forces.
Oleh Sinehubov, the head of Kharkiv regional administration said on Sunday that Ukrainian forces were fighting Russian troops in the city and asked the civilians not to leave their homes.
Russian troops approached Kharkiv, located about 20 kilometers to the south of the border with Russia, shortly after Moscow launched son invasion of Ukraine on Thusday. But until Sunday they stayed on its periphery without trying to enter city while other forces rolled past pressing their offensive deeper in Ukraine.
Videos on Ukrainian media and social networks showed Russian vehicles moving through Kharkiv and a light vehicle burning on the street.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) says the latest to count of Ukrainians arriving in next to countries now exceeds 200,000.
UNHCR said on Twitter than the numbers of those fleeing the invading Russian troops are constantly changing and another update would be released later on Sunday.
The quote from the agency on On Saturday, at least 150,000 fled Ukraine to Poland and others countries including Hungary and Romania.
Poland government said Saturday that more more than 100,000 Ukrainians had crossed the Polish-Ukrainian border in the past 48 hours alone.
Russia lost around 4,300 officers during its invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Malyar said on Sunday, adding however that the figure was being clarified.
She also noted on his Facebook page that Russian troops lost about 146 tanks, 27 planes and 26 helicopters.
Meanwhile, Russia says his troops captured 471 Ukrainians soldiers during the fighting in Ukraine. Since Thursday morning, 975 military targets have been destroyedsaid Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov. Eight fighter planes and seven helicopters as well as 11 combat drones had been shot down down. 28 other planes were destroyed on the ground, along with 223 tanks and others combat vehicles.
Konashenkov did not give any information on the number of soldiers kill in Russian ranks.
In the Eastern Donbass region, the Russian-backed separatists had now advanced another 12 kilometers (7.5 miles), he said. They had captured two settlements northeast of the besieged port city of Mariupol. the information cannot be independently verified.
near east city of Kharkiv, Konashenkov said that a regiment of Ukrainian soldiers had surrendered. As soon once the bureaucratic formalities are completed, they will be able to return to their families, he said.
The British Ministry of Defense said fighting took place overnight in Kyiv was less intense than the day before, but battles rage in Ukraine second-most grand city, Kharkiv. The UK Ministry of Defense released intelligence updates on social media since theinvasion Russian.
He said on Sunday that “Ukrainian forces have engaged the remnants of Russian irregular forces within the city of Kyiv for the second night in in a row, the fighting was less intense than the previous evening.
“After encountering strong resistance in Chernihiv, Russian forces bypass the area in in order to favor encirclement and isolation of Kyiv”, did he declare. “Intensive exchanges of rocket artillery overnight was followed by heavy fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces in Kharkiv.”
The ministry said Russian forces continued to advance into Ukraine from multiple fronts, but were encountering strong resistance from Ukrainian forces.
Oleh Sinehubov, the head of Kharkiv regional administration said on Sunday that Ukrainian forces were fighting Russian troops in the city and asked the civilians not to leave their homes.
Russian troops approached Kharkiv, located about 20 kilometers to the south of the border with Russia, shortly after Moscow launched son invasion of Ukraine on Thusday. But until Sunday they stayed on its periphery without trying to enter city while other forces rolled past pressing their offensive deeper in Ukraine.
Videos on Ukrainian media and social networks showed Russian vehicles moving through Kharkiv and a light vehicle burning on the street.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) says the latest to count of Ukrainians arriving in next to countries now exceeds 200,000.
UNHCR said on Twitter than the numbers of those fleeing the invading Russian troops are constantly changing and another update would be released later on Sunday.
The quote from the agency on On Saturday, at least 150,000 fled Ukraine to Poland and others countries including Hungary and Romania.
Poland government said Saturday that more more than 100,000 Ukrainians had crossed the Polish-Ukrainian border in the past 48 hours alone.