War in Ukraine, the battle of Bakhmut – that’s what’s going on

Bakhmut (in Donbass) has long been the scene of one of the fiercest battles of the war in Ukraine, after days of alarm over a possible fall of the city into Russian hands. A mobile front, difficult for both sides, where the third brigade of the armed forces of Kiev has announced that it has advanced by 2,600 meters during the assault on Russian positions, killing dozens of Moscow soldiers, among them Wagner mercenaries, and taking five prisoners

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The militia Wagnera Russian paramilitary organization headed by Yevgeny Prigozhincontinues to control most of this territory (at least 85%), has large stockpiles of ammunition despite some losses, and there is no evidence that it is preparing to leave the eastern Ukrainian city, two senior US officials said in a statement. Politic

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According to US officials interviewed by PoliticWagner chief Prigozhin’s recent threats to abandon Bakhmut are not credible and are likely intended to stir up a reaction within Moscow’s defense establishment. Prigozhin has appeared in a series of social media videos in recent weeks threatening to withdraw his soldiers entirely from the city if the Russian Army does not deliver enough ammunition

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Also Mykola Volokhovcommander of the reconnaissance unit ‘Terra’ of the Azov battlegroup, to the Ukrainian broadcaster Express TV he cited Kiev’s breakthroughs in the area: “Now we can say that the Defense Forces have cleared more than 2km of Bakhmut. This achievement was achieved by the 3rd Separate Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine which includes the ‘united’ ‘Earth’,” Volokhov said. “We killed a large number of Russians and took them prisoner,” concluded the Ukrainian commander

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, in the past few hours, told the BBC that Ukraine has need more time to prepare the long-awaited counter-offensive against Russia. He underlined that military aid promised by the West is needed. However, he specified that Kiev is not willing to give in because the mission remains “to save our country, our independence, our people. We will take it all back”

The leader of the Wagners Prigozhinhowever, claims that the Ukrainian leader is lying and reports that the Ukrainian counter-offensive is already in full swing. If the Ukrainians manage to regain control of Bakhmutpredicts Prigozhin in a comment posted on his Telegram channel, then they will aim at the Bryansk and Belgorod regionsin Russian territory, and will continue their offensive in the region of Zaporizhzhia

Prigozhin added that Ukrainian units have begun their counterattack and are approaching Bakhmut from the flanks. The brings it back Guardian. In a comment published by his press service in response to a question from Russian media about the planned Kiev counter-offensive, Prigozhin said that Ukrainian operations are “unfortunately, partially successful”

For the EU High Representative for Foreign Policy, Joseph Borrell, “Ukraine has not yet won, but for Russia it is clearly a military defeat. On the ground, Russia continues to bomb every day”, but “the Russian army has been defeated”, underlines the head of EU diplomacy. “They tried to take Kiev in a couple of weeks but they failed, they were pushed back. They weren’t able to take Bakhmut. It’s a bloody war but Russia lost this war,” adds Borrell

While waiting for a clear signal of the start of the liberation operations, the Russian reports of attacks on its territory: The governor of Voronezh said two drones attempted to strike a military facility in the region, without success. And an “enemy drone” was also allegedly shot down in the Kursk border region

Meanwhile, Britain has delivered long-range cruise missiles Storm Shadow to Ukraine in view of the planned counter-offensive, according to the Cnn citing senior Western officials. In particular, the Storm Shadow has the ability to strike deep into Russian-controlled territory in eastern Ukraine. A Western official told the US broadcaster that the UK has received assurances from the Ukrainian government that these missiles will only be used within Ukraine’s sovereign territory and not in Russia.

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