Ukraine says Russian forces are regrouping but are unable to advance

A residential building damaged during Ukraine-Russia conflict is seen through the window of a destroyed apartment in the besieged southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine March 27, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko

March 28, 2022

LVIV, Ukraine (Reuters) – Russian forces are regrouping but are unable to advance anywhere in Ukraine, Ukrainian Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Malyar said on Monday.

She said Russian forces were trying to reinforce positions they already hold and were trying to break through the defences of Kyiv but had no hope of capturing the capital.

“As of today, the enemy is regrouping its forces, but they cannot advance anywhere in Ukraine,” she told a briefing, without providing evidence of the Russian troop movements.

(Reporting by Natalia Zinets, Editing by Timothy Heritage)