The General Staff of Ukraine’s military says the pace of the Russian offensive slowed over Tuesday, but missile and bomb strikes in major cities persisted.
Bombardments and siege tactics were focused on Kyiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Mariupol, Mykolaiv, and Chernihiv, it says.
People walk next to an apartment building hit by shelling in Mariupol, Ukraine, on March 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
The army claims significant gains by Ukrainian forces, killing 400 Russian soldiers and forcing a brigade to retreat back into Russia. The claims, which are often thought to be unreliably optimistic, cannot be verified independently.
According to the general staff, Russian attempts to block off Kharkiv from the north were unsuccessful.
Amid claims that Russian soldiers are facing logistical issues and shortages of food and fuel, it claims that the Kremlin is planning to set up a supply chain using existing infrastructure, and to build a new oil pipeline network to bring in fuel from Belarus.
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