Over the past day in Ukraine, less artillery and air strikes were applied than in previous days. This was reported by the Ministry of Defense of Great Britain.
However, it is said in the British Information Summary, which is referred to the Russian BBC Service, Russian troops are probably advancing to the port city of Nikolaev in the south of Ukraine. There is a real possibility that part of the Russian army will try to bypass Nikolaev to move to Odessa, the British military intelligence believes.
Ukraine continues to hold Kharkov, Chernigov and Mariupol, reports about street fights in the city of Sumy in the north-east of Ukraine.
According to the British Ministry of Defense, it is very likely that all these four cities are surrounded by Russian troops.