The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the preliminary results of the special operation:
at the first stage of the special operation, it was planned to force the enemy to concentrate forces to hold large points in the Kiev and Chernihiv directions, including Kyiv, tie them up on the battlefield and, without storming cities (to avoid civilian losses), inflict a defeat that would not allow them to use forces on the main direction of Russian actions is in the Donbass
all these goals were met
at the same time, the Russian army was solving another problem - in the absence of an influx of fresh enemy forces from the west and from the center of Ukraine, to create conditions for the final stage of the operation to liberate the republics of Donbass
for this purpose, constant targeted fire destruction of the fortifications created by the Kiev regime over 8 years has been carried out and continues, the main lines of communications and supply have been taken under full control, air defense systems of Ukraine, airfield infrastructure, the largest military depots, training and concentration centers for mercenaries have been destroyed
thus, all the main tasks of the Russian forces in the Kiev and Chernihiv directions have been completed, the goal of the regrouping of Russian troops is to intensify actions in priority areas and, above all, complete the operation to completely liberate Donbass