Ukraine’s military said Russian troops were advancing near the stronghold of Bakhmut to encircle it and cut off supply lines.
Russian troops repeatedly attacked Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine Wednesday in a bid to encircle the key city and capture it after months of brutal fighting – but Ukrainian forces continued standing their ground against increasingly dire odds.
A Ukrainian soldier reported in a video he posted on a Telegram channel that it was “a bit calmer” in Bakhmut.Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine has seen some of the bloodiest fighting of the war, with both sides referring to the area as a “meat grinder.”“We silenced the enemy a bit…There’s a gunfight on the outskirts. A few explosions, shells flying,” serviceman and vlogger Andrii Babychev said, with the sound of explosions going off in the background.
Russian forces, which have been replenished by hundreds of thousands of conscripts in preparation for a massive offensive,in recent weeks, albeit at an enormous cost in lives.AFP via Getty Images In an audio message on social media, Prigozhin, an ally of Vladimir Putin and Wagner Group’s boss, said the Ukrainian military was throwing extra reserves into the battle, “trying to hold the town with all their strength.”
Capturing Bakhmut would give Russians a boost and offer them a pathway to bring the rest of the Donbas region under their control.A volunteers assists a local resident onto an evacuation bus on February 28, 2023 from the town of Chasiv Yar outside Bakhmut.“Our military is obviously going to weigh all of the options.
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