The situation around Bakhmut remains difficult.
Wagner’s assault detachments are advancing from several directions, trying to break through the defenses of our troops and advance into the central regions of the city.
During tough battles, our defenders inflict significant losses on the enemy. The fire of artillery, tanks, and other weapons reflects all enemy attempts to capture the city, according to the TG channel of the commander of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Alexander Syrsky.
He believes that in order to force the enemy to abandon the offensive, it is necessary to inflict significant losses on him in personnel and equipment.
This is exactly what the servicemen of the 56th Motorized Brigade, the 5th Separate Assault Brigade and the fighters of the Adam tactical group are doing, the Ukrainian general wrote.
Meanwhile, the Bakhmut-Konstantinovka highway has become an “expensive life” for the defenders of Bakhmut, writes The Washington Post. Nearly all roads are now cut except for Highway T0504, a two-lane highway that connects to the southwestern outskirts of Bakhmut. It is so important that the military called it the “highway of life.”
This is the only remaining way we can evacuate the wounded, evacuate the dead,” Major Alexander Pantserny, commander of the 24th separate assault battalion, one of the units responsible for the defense of the corridor, told reporters.
Just as important, he said, was the road’s role in supporting the fight, as it allowed the transfer of ammunition, water, and fresh troops to the east.
If we do not do our job, the defense of Bakhmut will last a day or two,” said the 26-year-old Pantsirny. – And all the people who are there will remain forever.
According to Ukrainian soldiers, Russian troops also know about the importance of the road and tried to destroy it with artillery and drive the enemy into the mud.
Source: Racurs
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