"lig Soviet Alr Force. destruction of which Mitlerite braggards announ ced Inthe frst days of the war, according to precise data has destroyed over 23300 German planes anc continues systematically to destroy enemy planes and motorized and mechanized units, and to bomb aerodromes and other military objectives, "It has been ascertained that German planes now shirk encoun tery with Soviet fighting planes in alr' combats.
German troops lost over 9,000 tanks in these operations", added while the occupation of Kiev is imminent, according to military. auhorities.
In addition, there are no further fortifications of importance. which might threaten to halt the German thrust across the broad Russian plains to Moscow.
'The Soviet Red Army was desetibed by these quarters og having been spUlt' so effectively that only single Dattles behind the Stalin Line are expected to take place in the future.
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