Russia claims to capture Bakhmut after months of fighting, as Ukrainian forces mount fresh push in attempt to surround the city
For months, the front lines in the war for Ukraine hardly moved, even as tens of thousands of artillery shells were fired each day and casualty figures climbed relentlessly. But over the past week, the battlefront started to shift, even briefly moving onto Russian soil, as both sides braced for a long-expected Ukrainian counteroffensive.captured the strategic city of Bakhmut
Monday also saw a cross-border raid into Russia’s Belgorod region by two units of anti-Kremlin fighters, who torched a border post and seized several small towns. Whileclaimed to have regained control of the situation by Wednesday, the joint raid by the Freedom of Russia Legion and the Russian Volunteer Corps will almost certainly force Moscow to redeploy troops away from eastern and southern
While the anti-Kremlin fighters have now withdrawn back to Ukraine, Mr. Ponomarev said forcing the Russian military to redeploy troops away from the occupied areas ahead of the counteroffensive “is a very significant contribution to Ukraine’s success.” “There are dozens of different actions to destroy the Russian occupation forces in different directions, which have already been taking place yesterday, are taking place today and will continue tomorrow,” he said, adding, “Intensive destruction of enemy logistics is also a counteroffensive.”
Mr. Zelensky repeatedly highlighted the strategic value of Bakhmut during the epic battle for the city. If Russia were to control it, he said in March to justify his decision not to withdraw besieged Ukrainian troops, Russian forces would have an “open road” to the larger cities of Slovyansk and Kramatorsk that lie a short drive west of Bakhmut in the Donetsk region of southeastern Ukraine.
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