Russian forces have left behind landmines and a trail of bodies of civilians, Ukrainian officials say.
late Saturday that there had been a "concentration of air activity" toward southeastern Ukraine in the past week, "likely a result of Russia refocusing its military operations in this area.
"Despite ongoing Russian efforts to diminish Ukrainian air defence capability, Ukraine continues to provide a significant challenge to Russian Air and Missile operations. As a result, Russian aircraft are still vulnerable to short and medium range air defence systems," the defense ministry said. "Russia’s inability to find and destroy air defence systems has seriously hampered their efforts to gain broad control of the air, which in turn has significantly affected their ability to support the advance of their ground forces on a number of fronts," the report added.
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