Russia trying to take full control of east - Ukrainian military

Russia trying to take full control of east Ukraine

The Ukrainian military has said that Russian forces are carrying out aggressive actions to establish full control over the eastern regions of Donetsk and Luhansk, Qazet.az reports.

• Russian forces continue the movement of weapons and military equipment to Ukraine from the central and eastern regions of Russia.
• Russian troops continue to partially block Kharkiv city in northeast Ukraine.
• The main focus of the Russian military is to break through Ukrainian army defences in the Luhansk and Donetsk region, as well as to establish full control over the southern port city of Mariupol.
• Russia continues to use Belarusian territory to launch air strikes.
• The 810th separate marine brigade of the Black Sea Navy lost 158 soldiers, with about 500 injured, and 70 people missing.
• Ukrainian troops have destroyed 10 tanks, 18 units of armoured and eight units of automotive equipment in the past 24 hours.