The Russians claim to be near the center of the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, which they have been trying to capture since the summer at heavy casualties, and where the Ukrainians are pushing.gain timeto prepare for a counter-attack, which, according to them, should not wait long.
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At the same time, Moscow’s forces continue their attacks in other regions. Authorities said a morning strike killed at least three and wounded two others in the southern city of Kherson, which was liberated by Kiev’s army in November after months of occupation. .
“It’s two hundred kilometers”
In Bakhmut, the current epicenter of the conflict, Eugène Prigogine, head of the Wagner paramilitary group, announced new advances for his men fighting on the front lines there.
“It is the administrative building of the municipality, the administrative center of the city” he said Saturday, pointing from the roof of a building to another building as an example of this progress.
“That’s two hundred miles“, “This is the zone, fights are going onHe added in a video broadcast by the press service of his Concord company, immediately following the unspecified comments of an independent source.
Counterattack “not far away”
On the same day, the British Ministry of Defense announced that “over the past four days“The Wagner Group had “took control of most of the eastern regionBy Bakhmut. “Ukrainian forces control the west of the city and have destroyed key bridges over the riverwhich crosses it, this ministry emphasized.
“The real heroes are the defenders who hold the Eastern Front on their shoulders“For his part, Oleksandr Sirsky, the commander of the ground troops of Ukraine, greeted. “It is necessary to gain time to accumulate reserves and go on a counterattack, which is not far“, he said again, quoting the press service of the army.
“At the beginning of the war, we did not have drones. Missions were more difficult and less effective. But in the summer we started receiving drones and other equipment. Today we are more efficientThe pilot of one of the three MI-8 attack helicopters that had just launched an attack on a target near Bakhmut explained to AFP Petro.
Ridicule of Prigogine
The Russians had been trying to surround this city of about 70,000 inhabitants for several weeks before the conflict and had succeeded in cutting off several important supply routes for Ukrainian soldiers.
While observers question Bakhmut’s strategic importance in itself, the battle, the longest since the Russian offensive began more than a year ago, has gained symbolic value for both Kiev and Moscow, which would like to see victory there afterward. several humiliating failures.
“The most important thing is to get enough ammo and move on“Eugene Prigogine wrote the hammer in his video as he is in open conflict with the Russian military hierarchy, specifically to acquire more ammunition.
He once again publicly attacked Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu and Chief of Staff Valery Gerasimov, sarcastically calling them:prominent military men“. “I absolutely, fully support all of their efforts.“, still mocked the one who continues to criticize the strategy of the hierarchy on the spot.
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Source: Le Figaro
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