Ukraine claims to have killed more than 12,000 Russian soldiers and stresses that it “repels the offensive” in Kiev

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The Army says that Russia “does not rule out” sending troops from Transnistria, in Moldova

MADRID, March 9. (EUROPE PRESS) –

The Ukrainian Army has assured this Wednesday that more than 12,000 Russian soldiers have died in combat since the start of the war on February 24, before stressing that its forces have managed to “repel the offensive” of the Russian forces against the capital. , Kyiv.

The General Staff of the Ukrainian Army has indicated in a message on its account on the social network Facebook that the number of deaths in the Russian ranks is “more than 12,000”, while stressing that so far they have destroyed 317 battle tanks , 28 anti-aircraft systems, 49 aircraft, 81 helicopters and 482 vehicles.

He has also stated that the Ukrainian forces have destroyed 120 artillery systems, three boats, 60 fuel tanks and seven drones. “The data is being updated. The calculations are complicated due to the high intensity of the fighting,” he concluded.

On the other hand, it has indicated that the Ukrainian forces “continue to carry out a defense operation in the defined operational zones”, including “the defense of the city of Chernigov”. “The group of forces and means of defense of Kiev has repelled the offensive of the enemy and has caused damage to its offensive group, standing firm on certain lines,” he detailed.

The Army has emphasized that in the southern part of the country “the operational groups of the defense forces cover the state border and the coast, protecting and defending air bases and critical infrastructure,” while “in other areas, the troops carry carry out a stabilization and territorial defense operation”.

In this way, he pointed out that “due to the numerous casualties, the enemy continues to carry out a covert mobilization under the cover of training camps in the temporarily occupied territory of Crimea and some districts of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions”.

The Ukrainian Army has also warned that “the occupiers do not rule out the possibility of involving 800 troops from the unrecognized republic of Transnistria, in Moldova, in the war in Ukraine, although the moral and psychological conditions of these personnel remain low” .