Cherevaty said that within a week, the soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine advanced up to two kilometers.
The Ukrainian military holds a small foothold in Bakhmut itself, Donetsk region. Also in the Armed Forces of Ukraine there is an advance on the edges. This is what the speaker of the Eastern Group of Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Colonel Serhiy Cherevaty, said in an interview with RBC-Ukraine.
“General Syrsky expresses the principle of active defense. We have no advantage there in numbers of men or in equipment. But where there is an opportunity, where, thanks to our calm, correct tactical formation, the use of combined Western and Soviet weapons, we are conducting counterattacks and moving,” he said.
According to Cherevaty, within a week the Armed Forces of Ukraine managed to move up to two kilometers.
“In the past 24 hours (the conversation was on May 22 – ed.) in different places we have advanced from 250 to 400 meters. This is not much. in Bakhmut,” said the colonel.
According to Cherevaty, the Armed Forces of Ukraine maintain a number of buildings in Bakhmut, and our military still has fortresses, trenches, fortifications there, including in the southwestern part of the city. We are talking about the “Airplane” area.
“I can’t say in detail. This is a small bridge that we hold to prevent the Russians from completely taking the city. And there is an opportunity to deliver ammunition and everything needed for defense,” said a representative of the Eastern Group of Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Cherevaty added that the Ukrainian military command, unlike the invaders, did not invent “any myths that this is a big offensive, etc.,” because “it is taking place as part of a successful defense operation in the direction of Bakhmut.”
“Why was it successful? Because we achieved the main objectives. We did not let them break through, break our battle formations, destroy our fighting group, besiege it. And besides, we inflicted a massive defeat on them,” Cherevaty said .
Earlier, the Ministry of Defense reported that the Russian army failed to surround Bakhmut in the Donetsk region, losing part of the dominant height around the city.
The NYT edition showed Bakhmut from a bird’s eye view.
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Source: korrespondent
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