Now the Russian troops are trying to gain a foothold in the captured positions and maintain the pace of the offensive in specific directions.

According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Russian military personnel are massively refusing "business trips to Ukraine."

This is stated in a message on the headquarters' official Facebook page.

The eighteenth day of the heroic opposition of the Ukrainian people to the Russian military invasion has ended. The Russian occupation troops continue their offensive operation against our state. They are trying to gain a foothold in the captured positions and maintain the pace of the offensive in certain directions

General Staff

So, according to their data, in order to build up groupings in the Polessky, Tauride, and Yuzhnobugsky operational areas, the enemy is forming and moving strategic reserves to our borders.

There are cases of massive refusal of Russian military personnel from" business trips to Ukraine "to participate in hostilities, despite promises to grant the status of" war veteran ", additional daily payments and increased official salaries

General Staff