MoD: Highly unlikely Russia achieved its day one military objectives in Ukraine
But the Ministry added it was ‘highly likely’ Russia had seized the shuttered Chernobyl nuclear plant.
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Your support makes all the difference.The Ministry of Defence (MoD) says it is “highly unlikely” Russia achieved its planned objectives for the first day of its invasion of Ukraine.
“The Ukrainian Armed Forces have reportedly halted Russia’s advance towards Chernihiv,” the MoD said in a statement.
“Fighting probably continues on the outskirts of the city.
Russian forces have highly likely captured the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Workers have reportedly been detained by Russian troops
“It is unlikely that Russia has achieved its planned Day 1 military objectives. Ukrainian forces have presented fierce resistance across all axes of Russia’s advance.”
However, the ministry added it was “highly likely” Russia had seized the shuttered Chernobyl nuclear plant.
The MoD said: “Russian forces have highly likely captured the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Workers have reportedly been detained by Russian troops.”
Russian forces launched a full-scale invasion in the early hours of Thursday, thought to be Moscow’s most aggressive action since the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979.
By the end of the day, the Ukrainian government said 137 civilians and military personnel had been killed.
Airstrikes and shelling were reported across the country, and CNN reported a further strike was expected on the capital Kyiv overnight.
Meanwhile, the country’s President Volodymyr Zelensky ordered a full military mobilisation lasting 90 days.
Leaders of the 30 Nato allied nations will meet on Friday, US President Joe Biden confirmed, as they come under pressure to go even further than sanctions already announced to hit the Kremlin after what Boris Johnson described as a “dark day in the history of our continent”.