Russia abandoned efforts to take more territory and is focusing on defense, Ukraine claims Posted on April 26, 2023 By Charlielikes Kyrylo Budanov, the head of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry’s Intelligence Directorate, said Putin’s forces were channeling almost all of their offensive operations on trying to capture Bakhmut. news Tags:'is, ‘take, ‘to, abandoned, and, claims, defense, efforts, focusing, more, news, on, russia, territory, topnews, trending, ukraine