The UK says Russian forces are 30 km from central Kiev

TheThrough its Twitter account, the British Ministry of Defense said that Russia still does not control the airspace over Ukraine, which “significantly reduces the effectiveness of the Russian Air Force”.

“Ukrainian armed forces continue to provide resolute resistance throughout the country,” reads the same note from the British Ministry of Defense, based on information from its secret services, which notes that “the losses on the Russian side are likely to be more than previously expected and acknowledged.” The Kremlin.

According to the Ukrainian military entity, the Russians had lost more than 3,000 soldiers in the fighting.

Today, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense said that losses in the ranks of the enemy forces increased in the last hours, noting that 14 aircraft and 8 helicopters were shot down, as well as the destruction of 102 tanks and 536 armored vehicles.

Russia launched a military attack in Ukraine at dawn today, Thursday, with ground forces and bombing targets in several cities, which has already caused the deaths of at least 198 people, including civilians, and hundreds of wounded in Ukrainian territory, according to Kiev. The United Nations has reported 120,000 people displaced since the first day of the fighting.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said the “special military operation” in Ukraine aimed to “disarm and “disarm” its neighbor, and that it was the only way for the country to defend itself, with the Kremlin specifying that the offensive would continue as long as necessary, depending on ” results” and “appropriateness”.

The attack was generally condemned by the international community and led to emergency meetings of a number of governments, including the Portuguese, NATO, the European Union and the United Nations Security Council, agreeing to collective sanctions against Russia. .

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