Invaders focused on continuing assault on Mariupol – Ukraine's General Staff

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said this in a report posted on Facebook, Ukrinform reports.

"The enemy, after suffering significant losses in military personnel and equipment, failed to block and capture the city of Kyiv. The occupiers were forced to temporarily abandon this task," the statement said.

The enemy continues to strengthen groupings of troops at the expense of units of the Eastern Military District. It is trying to form occupation administrations within the temporarily occupied areas of the Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhia and Kherson regions.

"In view of the above, in the near future the enemy will probably try to maintain its military presence by conducting hostilities in the southern and eastern regions of Ukraine," the General Staff said.