that “fierce battleThis Sunday, February 5, took place in the northern regions of Bakhmut, which is a hot spot on the eastern front of Ukraine, said Yevgeny Prigozhine, head of the Russian “Wagner” military group. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky yesterday admitted a situation that “to: complicatedIn the area facing the troops from Moscow.
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The Russian army, aided by Wagner’s mercenaries, has been trying to capture this largely devastated eastern Ukrainian city since the summer and turn it into a fortress, with both sides facing heavy losses. Moscow has made small territorial gains in recent weeks in hopes of breaking the Ukrainian lock on Bakhmut, including the northern town of Soledar and recently the village of Blagodatne.
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“Fierce fights are going on in the northern districts (of Bakhmut) for every street, every house, every step.said Prigogine, whose men are in the front line there. “The armed forces of Ukraine are not retreating. They fight to the last man“, he said, citing his Telegram press service.
Ukraine’s General Staff confirmed, without elaborating, that fighting and shelling are continuing in several parts of the country’s east, where at least four civilians have been killed and eleven wounded in the past 24 hours, according to regional authorities. Oleg Sinegubov, the head of the Kharkiv regional military administration, said that on Sunday, five people were also injured in the center of Kharkiv, the country’s second city, as a result of two strikes that hit residential buildings and higher education institutions.
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According to Ukrainian forces, this image from a video released on February 1 shows Ukrainian units attacking Russian positions in Bakhmut. NATIONAL GUARD OF UKRAINE / REUTERS
“Break the defense» in Ukrainian
On Saturday evening, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky admitted that the situation “complicated“On the battlefield and particularly in Bakhmut, which he had earlier sworn not to abandon and defend.”as long as possible“. He also cited Vugledar, where Russian troops are on the offensive, and Lyman, a town that was recaptured from the Russians in a 2022 Ukrainian counteroffensive.The invader is increasingly mobilizing his forces to break through our defenses“, he added.
Kiev, which fears a new full-scale Russian offensive, is eagerly awaiting the West’s promised supply of weapons, particularly heavy tanks and longer-range missiles. Canada sent the first of its promised Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine on Saturday. A number of other Western countries have pledged new weapons to Ukraine, including the US, France, but also Germany, after some hesitation in supplying its Leopard tanks.
Western arms supplies are critical to Kiev and have angered Moscow, which has raised the 2022 , means”negative“who goes”further imbalancethe markets, reports the Kremlin.
Source: Le Figaro
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