KYIV — Russian forces have very likely seized the center of the fiercely contested city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine and are threatening a key supply route…
Friday’s daily update from British military intelligence contrasted with the usual emphasis on Ukrainian successes.
“The situation is difficult, the enemy is concentrating maximum efforts to capture Bakhmut. However it is suffering serious losses and not reaching strategic success,” Cherevatyi said by telephone, without elaborating.Article content A regional transport and logistics hub now largely in ruins, Bakhmut would give Russia a stepping stone to advance on two bigger cities it has long coveted in Donetsk province: Kramatorsk and Sloviansk.
“Otherwise, they will have to move to other defensive positions,” he told Ukrainian NV Radio on Thursday.Millions of Ukrainians have fled the conflict, which has laid waste to many towns and cities and killed thousands of civilians. Alexei Moskalyov, a Russian man who was charged with discrediting the country’s army after his daughter drew an anti-war picture, is being held in Belarus, Russian state-owned news agency TASS reported, citing the Russian embassy in the country. Belarus is a close ally of Russia.
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