The Ukrainian armed forces stated Sunday that as Russia continues to arrange reinforcements for an offensive within the east, its troops are going through provide issues.
In an announcement posted on Fb, the Ukrainian armed forces claimed that “the Russian navy is continually complaining concerning the lack of rotation, tools that’s continually failing, the standard of meals and gasoline equipped.”
Ukraine reported comparatively little fight in a single day however stated that Russia continued to launch air strikes on Mariupol, the place Ukrainian models surrounded in a metal plant are nonetheless placing up resistance.
The armed forces additionally asserted that in areas underneath Russian occupation “looting and violence by the Russian navy towards the civilian inhabitants continues. These actions are inspired by their navy command.”
Ukraine’s Joint Forces Operation, which is accountable for navy motion within the east, stated 10 assaults by Russian troops had been repulsed Saturday, and that 15 Russian tanks and different tools had been destroyed.
Some Russian shelling continued into the evening, based on regional authorities.
Serhii Haidai, head of Luhansk Regional Navy Administration, stated 4 high-rise buildings within the metropolis of Severodonetsk had been hit and caught hearth. He supplied no particulars on casualties.
Haidai has beforehand estimated that 70% of town is already destroyed.
“There’s virtually nothing to destroy there. The enemy have destroyed a lot of the housing inventory in the course of the previous six weeks,” Haidai stated.
Haidai additionally stated one individual had been injured in shelling of the close by city of Kreminna.
