UPDATED. 'Russia is likely seeking to reset and re-posture its forces for renewed offensive activity in the coming days,' says Britain's Ministry of Defense. 'This will probably include operations against the capital Kyiv.' RussiaUkraineCrisis
LVIV, Ukraine – Russian forces bearing down on Kyiv are regrouping northwest of the Ukrainian capital, satellite pictures showed, in what Britain said could be preparation for an assault on the city within days.
Russia has been pounding Ukraine’s cities while its main attack force north of Kyiv has been stalled on roads since the invasion’s early days, having failed in what Western countries say was an initial plan for a lightning assault on the capital. “Russia is likely seeking to reset and re-posture its forces for renewed offensive activity in the coming days,” Britain’s Ministry of Defense said in an intelligence update. “This will probably include operations against the capital Kyiv.”
In an overnight statement, the Ukrainian general staff said Russian forces were regrouping after taking heavy losses. Ukraine had pushed Russians back to “unfavorable positions” in the Polyskiy district, near the Belarus border to the rear of the main Russian column heading towards Kyiv, it said. It came less than two days after Russia bombed a maternity hospital in the besieged southern port of Mariupol. Ukraine said pregnant women were among those hurt; Russia said the hospital was no longer functioning and had been occupied by Ukrainian fighters.
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