A video on Ukrainian social media shows a soldier, inside a building completely destroyed by artillery, making a video call with his cell phone: in the background, another soldier looks out of a glassless window, probably towards the enemy. According to – released on a Telegram group of Donbass – it would be “A call to the beloved, on the front line”.
Yesterday the Ukrainian army hit 13 army concentration areas of Putin in the region: so the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in its evening update. The Kiev army specifies that “the Russian Federation continues to conduct offensive operations in the areas of Lyman, Bakhmut, AvdiïvkaMarinka and Shakhtar.
Bakhmut remains the epicenter of hostilities, and “without the desired result on the battlefield, the Russian Federation uses terrorist tactics against the civilian population – adds the Ukrainian military source – is bombing cities and villages, as well as critical infrastructure structures, ignoring the rules of international humanitarian law”.
Bakhmut “epicenter” of the warRussia has used all its forces in Bakhmut in an effort to completely encircle the city, said Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskyi, commander of Ukraine’s ground forces. According to Syrskyi, fierce fighting is underway in Kreminna, Torske, Bilohorivka and Spirne in Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts.
However, Bakhmut remains the “epicenter” of the war. Fighting is underway north, east and south of Bakhmut, Syrskyi said. Russian troops are suffering heavy losses and, in some cases, retreating without having made any significant gains.
The Battle of Bakhmut has been raging for seven months, and despite heavy fighting, Ukraine continues to hold the city. Donetst Oblast governor Pavlo Kyrylenko said two days ago that fewer than 3,000 residents of the pre-war industrial city remained, including 33 children.
Russian troops are also unsuccessfully trying to break through the Ukrainian defenses in the directions of Lyman, Donetsk Oblast, and Kupiansk, Kharkiv Oblast, according to the night update of the Ukrainian General Staff Russia has launched 19 airstrikes over the past day and carried out 26 attacks with multiple launch missile systems. The Ukrainian Air Force carried out six air strikes on areas of concentration of Russian military personnel and weapons, so did the General Staff.
