“Fierce battle continues”: Russia promises its troops more ammunition in the face of the difficulty of taking Bakhmut

Russian forces have acknowledged the difficulty in fully capturing the Ukrainian town of Bakhmut in the eastern region of Donetsk, Ukraine, given the high loss of life and recent criticism of a lack of ammunition that was directed to the Russian military command this Saturday. promise more supplies to the front.

“The volume of deliveries of the most demanded ammunition has been determined. The necessary measures are being taken to increase it,” Defense Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu said this Saturday at a meeting with the command of the group of troops in which they are fighting. Ukraine.

Russia promises more ammunition to troops

The Ministry of Defense is working not only on “further increasing the supply of ammunition to the troops”, but also on “increasing the effectiveness of logistics support to provide the troops with everything they need.”

Shoigu assured that the production of conventional and precision weapons by the defense industry Russia “multiplied”.

The West has repeatedly stated over the past 402 days of armed conflict in Ukraine What Russia suffers from a shortage of ammunition and missiles.

Also, the head of the Wagner Group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, repeatedly accused the command of the Ministry of Defense of insufficient supply of ammunition to their mercenaries in the Donbass, where bahmut This is the epicenter of all hostilities in this area.

Russian troops are only a few blocks from the city center, but despite marginal advances, they are choking on the complete capture of the city, for which they have been fighting for nine months.

In a new video posted on Friday by the mercenaries on their Telegram channel, images of which have been geolocated, the flag of the Wagner group is seen flying over a building in the city center. bahmutabout 400 meters from the administrative building.

Prigozhin’s fighters allegedly crossed the Baimutka River in the east of the city two weeks ago to advance towards the center, but it wasn’t until March 27 that Russian journalists said they had checked it on the spot.

Ukraine acknowledged in recent days the “partial successes” of the enemy, and Prigogine acknowledged the difficulties faced by the mercenaries associated with the “bloody” resistance Ukraine and the fact that the battle for bahmut “Left the Wagners pretty shabby.”

Difficulties of the Wagner people

Russia “He’s trying to move downtown, and he’s made varying little progress in some areas. But he cannot take the city,” the deputy defense minister wrote this Saturday. UkraineAnna Malyar, in her Telegram channel.

“Fierce fighting continues around and in the city itself,” he added.

Mercenaries had to ask for help from regular troops Russia that they guard the flanks to the east, north, and south, so that they can concentrate on urban combat.

bahmut it is surrounded from three flanks, but the fourth, western, Russian troops have not yet captured.

They also currently have problems in the southwest, where Ukrainian forces have counterattacked and “recaptured positions,” the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) said today based on geolocated imagery.

The failure of the Russian offensive

British intelligence questioned the succession of the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces today RussiaValery Gerasimov, who has personally led the Russian military campaign in the neighboring country since January, in the face of what London calls the “failure” of the winter offensive in the east Ukraine.

“Gerasimov’s action was characterized by an attempt to launch a general winter offensive with the aim of expanding Russian control over the entire region of Donbass. Eighty days later, it seems clear that this project has failed,” he said.

In his daily analysis, he notes that in various directions along this front, Russian troops “achieved only minor successes at the cost of tens of thousands of losses, largely squandering their temporary advantage gained as a result of the autumn partial mobilization.”

It is these clothes Ukraine wants to provoke by his refusal to get out of bahmut and other hot areas of Donbass.

Defense Minister Alexei Reznikov says he wants to take advantage of Russia’s attrition for a new counter-offensive that could take place between this month and May.

And for this offensive operation, it is reinforced with tanks, ammunition and Western air defense systems, MiG-29 aircraft and armored vehicles.

This Saturday, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki announced that Ukraine will purchase 100 Polish-made Rosomak armored personnel carriers with funds from the European Union (EU) and the United States. (As reported by EFE)

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