Occupiers are regrouping and don't give up the plan to capture Kyiv - General Staff
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On the 14th day of the war in Ukraine, Russia significantly reduced the pace of troop advance but did not abandon the offensive and plans to capture Kyiv.
This is stated in the operational information of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as of 12:00 on March.
"The enemy is regrouping to prepare for another attempt to take Kyiv. After an unsuccessful offensive toward Fastiv, the enemy is trying to resume offensive operations in this direction," the General Staff said.
Also, the enemy continues to concentrate the major efforts on the capture of the cities of Sumy, Kharkiv, Mariupol, Mykolaiv; providing a land corridor between the temporarily occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the mainland of the Russian Federation. It doesn't stop trying to reach the administrative borders of the Luhansk and Donetsk regions.
Also, the formation of enemy reserves in the points of permanent deployment for their further transfer to certain areas in our country.
In Kherson, where residents are resisting fiercely, the occupiers are trying to impose an administrative-police regime. For this purpose, units of the Russian Guard were introduced into the Kherson region, which detained more than 400 citizens of Ukraine.
In the Volyn direction, the enemy doesn't carry out offensive actions, but there is a high probability of sabotage at military facilities and civilian infrastructure in Rivne and Lviv regions by sabotage and reconnaissance groups of the occupiers.
In the Polissia direction, the enemy is acting with the help of separate units of the 29th, 35th, and 36th all-military armies of the Pacific Fleet and the Airborne Forces of the Russian Federation. After an unsuccessful offensive, a significant number of units of the occupiers' strike group suffered casualties and were hastily withdrawn to recovery areas. Combat equipment is usually not evacuated by the enemy.
In the northern direction, the enemy, with the help of separate units of 2, 41 general armies and 90 tank divisions of the Central Military District, is trying to resume the offensive.
By forces to battalion tactical groups, the enemy made crossing over the Trubizh river, blocking the highway E95 in the area of Zalissia. It suffered losses on the outskirts of Chernihiv and other areas. In order to restore the fighting capacity of the group, battalion tactical groups from 55 separate motorized infantry brigades of 41 all-military armies of the Central Military District from the operational reserve were transferred to the territory of Ukraine.
In the Slobozhanshchyna direction, the enemy forces separate units of the 1st Panzer Army (up to 11 groups), the 20th All-Military Army (up to 8 groups), the 6th All-Military Army (up to 3 groups) of the Western Military District, the 14th Army Corps of the Northern Fleet tries to keep the line from Severodonetsk to the city of Sumy. The main efforts are focused on trying to surround the city of Kharkiv and reach the barrier on the Dnieper River. Preparations for the attack on Sumy are underway. The enemy is concentrating army aircraft to ensure airborne action.
In the Donetsk direction, the occupiers of the 1st, 2nd Army Corps and separate units of the 150th Motorized Rifle Division of the 8th General Army (up to 7 groups) are trying to continue offensive operations in previously selected areas to reach the administrative borders of Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
In the Tavria direction, the enemy, with the help of separate units from the 49th General Army, the 22nd Army Corps, the 20th Motorized Rifle Division of the 8th General Army, and the Airborne Troops (up to 17 groups) holds the border from Kherson to Rozivka. Attempts to force the Pivdennyi Buh River were unsuccessful. It uses Kherson International Airport to base combat aircraft.
In the Pivdennyi Buh operational area, the Russian occupiers are holding the border from the city of Kherson to Kakhovka. Separate units of the 49th All-Military Army of the Southern Military District were stopped northeast of the city of Mykolaiv along the Inhul River.
The General Staff added that the Russian occupier was losing manpower and equipment, demoralized personnel, surrendered or deserted.
