70 thousand Russians invaded the Kyiv region from Belarus in February 2022, the Ministry of Defense

The Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine Oleksandr Pavlyuk in an interview with RBC-Ukraine, published on April 11, told about it. According to the Deputy Minister of the Defense Ministry, the Russians managed to overcome 115 km and achieve their goal, but they fully used fuel. However, the refueling of the equipment of the Russians was not destined to happen due to the operational reaction of the Ukrainian army. "For further offensive actions to Kiev they needed to refuel.

The fuel gas trucks left less than an hour. But the forces of Ukraine's resistance were paid attention to the convoy 64 km long and not allowed to troops. The same ones were ready to surround Kiev," - - " Pavlyuk told. The Topiner of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine said that throughout the path to the depths of Ukraine, the Russians were constantly faced with various obstacles: traffic jams on narrow roads, flooded with water, etc.

In addition, a small unit of Ukrainian special forces of 30 people disappeared the first three combat vehicles, after which they attacked the convoy. "Since he [convoy] became longer and rolled, our military was destroying bridges. The Russians had a few protection - about 2,000 soldiers. And they could not break through the obstacles created by the defense forces," Pavlyuk recalls. According to the Deputy Minister of Defense, the logistics of the invaders was in this condition everywhere.

At the same time, the actions and maneuvers of the Defense Forces of Ukraine, on the contrary, were improved each time. We will remind, on March 26 the Russians lost 4 out of 5 armored cars from the STS "Akhmat", which were moved by the Crimean bridge. According to Ukrainian intelligence, the occupants of the invaders got into an accident, which now requires significant repair.