KEY POINTS

  • Ukraine's forces reportedly killed 920 Russian occupiers in the past 24 hours
  • They also destroyed eight tanks and 10 artillery systems
  • The situation in Ukraine continues to worsen as the war enters its 12th month

Twenty-two areas of concentration of Russian military personnel, weapons and equipment were reportedly attacked by Ukraine's Defense Forces, while repelling armed assaults by the occupying troops.

"Russian forces are continuing to conduct offensive operations on the Lyman and Bakhmut fronts. Suffering heavy losses. The occupiers have had no success in their offensive actions on the Avdiivka and Novopavlivka fronts," the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine wrote on Facebook on Wednesday.

The Ukrainian authorities said, in the last 24 hours, the Russians have carried out five airstrikes and six missile strikes. Civil infrastructure facilities of the settlements of Sumy, Kharkiv, Mykolaiv and Kherson oblasts were also attacked.

Meanwhile, a report by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine revealed Wednesday that Kyiv's forces killed 920 Russian occupiers, and destroyed eight of their tanks and 10 artillery systems in the past 24 hours.

The situation in Ukraine continues to worsen even though the war has been going on for nearly a year.

Oleksii Danilov, the secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, told Sky News that he does not rule out "any scenario in the next two or three weeks" for the situation to come under control. He also said "the main fights are yet to come."

"Russia is preparing for maximum escalation. It is gathering everything possible, doing drills and training," he told Sky News. "I can say that we are not excluding any scenario in the next two to three weeks."

"Those countries who help us in our struggle have started to provide us maximum help. ... We went through an extensive difficult period, but I'm conscious the main fights are yet to come and they will happen this year, within two to three months. These will be defining months in the war."

"We will definitely win due to having all the world's support behind us," Danilov added.

According to Ukrainian fighters and analysts, Moscow has been depending on a cruder tactic by sending a huge number of troops, which has resulted in more Russian casualties than in previous months, Pravda reported.

Kyiv has been asking for powerful Leopard battle tanks to help it repel Russia's invasion
Kyiv's forces AFP