Ukrainian forces are counterattacking and repelling Russian troops, Britain's Ministry of Defence stated in its newest intelligence evaluation of Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine, which started greater than a month in the past.

Within the Friday morning replace, the ministry stated Ukraine has been profitable in recapturing cities and defensive positions close to the capital, Kyiv.

"Ukrainian counter-attacks, and Russian Forces falling again on overextended provide strains, has allowed Ukraine to re-occupy cities and defensive positions as much as 35 kilometres east of Kyiv," the Ministry of Defence stated on Twitter.

"Ukrainian Forces are prone to proceed to aim to push Russian Forces again alongside the north-western axis from Kyiv in direction of Hostomel Airfield," it stated.

Russian forces have largely stalled as a result of logistics points and stiff Ukrainian resistance, the ministry stated, greater than 4 weeks after Putin launched what he describes as a "particular army operation" in Ukraine.

"Within the south of Ukraine, Russian Forces are nonetheless making an attempt to avoid Mykolaiv as they give the impression of being to drive west in direction of Odesa," the evaluation concluded.

Russian forces have launched assaults on the southern metropolis of Mykolaiv, positioned close to the Black Sea, as a part of efforts to take the important thing port of Odesa, however have to this point been met with stiff resistance.

Ukrainian forces have launched counterattacks in Mykolaiv to attempt to push again Russian forces.

The Ministry of Defence on Wednesday famous that Russian forces had been "going through appreciable provide and morale points," noting that Ukraine's profitable counterattacks are prone to "disrupt the power of Russian forces to reorganise and resume their very own offensive in direction of Kyiv."

The intelligence echoes evaluation from the Pentagon on March 17. A senior U.S. protection official informed reporters that as Ukrainian forces proceed to place up decided resistance, Moscow seems to be affected by shortages, and commanders are struggling to maintain their troops in fight.

Russia's forces are "mainly frozen across the nation on a number of strains of axes, struggling to gas themselves and to feed their troops and to produce them with arms and ammunition," the official stated.

"A part of that we imagine is as a result of they did not correctly plan for—to execute good logistics. But in addition as a result of they ran right into a stiffer resistance from the Ukrainians than they anticipated."

Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby on Wednesday praised Ukraine's forces as defending elements of their nation "very neatly, very nimbly, very creatively."

"We now have seen indications that the Ukrainians are going a bit extra on the offense now," Kirby stated. "We now have seen them now in locations, significantly within the south close to Kherson, [where] they've tried to regain territory."

The Russian authorities did not instantly reply to a request for remark.

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Ukrainian Army Forces servicemen block a street within the so-called authorities quarter in Kyiv on February 24, 2022. Britain’s Ministry of Defence stated in its newest intelligence evaluation that Ukrainian forces are counter-attacking and repelling Russian troops.SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP/Getty Pictures