The Russian army plans to encircle the AFU group in the direction of Donbass

Kyiv/02.04.22/Turan: The Russian army plans to encircle the grouping of the Combined Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Donbass region and access the administrative borders of the Luhansk and Donetsk regions.

This is stated in the summary of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as of 12:00.

"According to the available information, the RA has intentions regarding the encirclement of the Combined Forces group and access to the administrative borders of the Luhansk and Donetsk regions. In order to constrain the actions of our troops, the maintenance of separate borders in the temporarily occupied territories of the Kiev and Chernihiv regions will continue, probably in areas in close proximity to the state border of Ukraine (with Belarus and the Russian Federation),"the message says.

The accelerated withdrawal of Russian troops to the territory of Russia is being carried out from the Sumy region. -0—