Ukraine holds out at Bakhmut as Russia flaunts its nuclear threat again

On the eve of the first anniversary of the Russian invasion, the Ukrainian army is resisting the advance of Russian troops into Bakhmut, which threaten to tighten the siege of this citadel of Donbass, and Russia is using Defender of the Fatherland Day to show one plus its nuclear muscle.

“The enemy continues to strike at the positions of our troops in the direction of the city of bahmut (…) It is conducting active aerial reconnaissance to correct the fire of its artillery,” the Ukrainian command admitted on Thursday, noting that more than twenty nearby settlements had been bombed over the past 24 hours.

Resistance in Bakhmut

British intelligence stated that “in the last 48 hours, fierce fighting continued in bahmutwhere Ukrainian forces maintain control of supply routes despite Russia gradually tightened the siege during the last six weeks.”

As the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported on Thursday, the clashes in this city are “street by street”, given that control over the area will allow either side to have a safe corridor for the transport of weapons and soldiers.

Take bahmut, Unsuccessfully besieged by Russian troops for more than seven months, it would allow the Russian army to advance towards Slavyansk and Kramatorsk, the main Ukrainian strongholds in the Donetsk region.

The Ukrainian command also noted an increase in Russian activity in the Kharkiv region, where the defenders repulsed “attacks near Kupyansk, in the east of the Kharkiv region, not far from neighboring Luhansk.”

On the eve of the anniversary

On the eve of the anniversary of the start of the invasion of RussiaDeputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces UkraineAleksey Gromov condemned that Russia had fired nearly 5,000 missiles at his country over the past year.

“In general, since the beginning of the large-scale Russian armed aggression, the Russian occupying forces have fired about 5,000 missiles and inflicted about 3,500 air strikes on the territory Ukraine”, accurate.

The military also stressed that Ukrainians also suffered 1,100 drone attacks during the invasion.

“Due to the lack of precision-guided missiles in service, Russian troops are using Kh-22 anti-ship cruise missiles, the so-called ‘aircraft carrier killers’, to destroy Ukraine’s civilian infrastructure,” he added, noting that Ukrainians shot down six planes during last month alone. , two helicopters, 80 cruise missiles and 84 Russian drones.

Russia celebrates Defender of the Fatherland Day

Bye, Russia lit up Russian President Vladimir Putin’s congratulations on Defender of the Fatherland Day, a holiday inherited from Soviet times that celebrated the creation of the Red Army every February 23 and this year seeks to close ranks in support of the Russian military’s campaign in Ukraine.

“This national holiday symbolizes the heroic history of our Army and Navy, the unbreakable bond of all generations of defenders of the Fatherland,” the Kremlin said in a video message.

In order to unite the Russians in the conditions of the Russian military competition in UkraineThe President of Russia laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, located in the Alexander Garden, near the western facade of the Kremlin wall, and honored the memory of the fallen with a hymn Russia background.

In addition to Putin, at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier during the day there was a representative office of the leadership of the Ministry of Defense. RussiaRussian Orthodox Church and the delegation of the Moscow Mayor’s Office, who laid flowers at the monument.

Putin demonstrates nuclear muscles

Putin took the opportunity to once again show his nuclear muscle and emphasized that “a modern and combat-ready army and navy are the guarantee of the country’s security and sovereignty, its stable development and its future”, saying that Russia it will continue to develop its Armed Forces, which will receive “advanced equipment.”

“We will pay special attention, as before, to the nuclear triad. This year, the first launchers of the Sarmat missile systems with a new heavy missile are on combat duty,” he said, announcing additional deliveries of the Kinzhal and Zirkon hypersonic missiles to the Russian Army.

The SARMAT-type super-heavy intercontinental missiles, dubbed Satan II by the Western military, are capable of launching multiple nuclear warheads.

As CCN reported on Wednesday, Russia he would have conducted the failed test of the Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile just minutes before or during United States President Joe Biden’s visit to Kyiv, which Moscow denied.

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs RussiaSergei Ryabkov, called “provocative leaks (…) that have nothing to do with the truth and are harmful.”

“You cannot believe everything that appears in the media, especially if the source is CNN,” he concluded.

(As reported by EFE)

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