On Friday, Ukraine claimed to have advanced two kilometers around Bakhmut, which was denied by Moscow. The battle for the city of Donbass is the bloodiest and longest since the beginning of the invasion.
The Ukrainian army said on Saturday it was advancing around Bakhmut, while Moscow said it was continuing to advance on the city, at the epicenter of fighting with Russian troops in eastern Ukraine.
“Continue the defensive operation towards Bakhmut. Our soldiers are advancing in some areas of the front line and the enemy is losing equipment and troops,” Ukrainian ground troops commander Oleksander Syrsky said on the Telegram social network.
Deputy Defense Minister Ganna Maliar, in turn, said that “the situation is dynamically evolving” in the Bakhmut area and that Ukrainian troops are “gradually advancing in two directions on the outskirts” of the city, which was devastated. by months of intense fighting.
On Friday, Ukraine claimed to have advanced two kilometers around Bakhmut, which was denied by Moscow.
On Saturday, the Russian Defense Ministry did not comment on the Ukrainian claims, but said in a statement that “assault units had liberated a neighborhood in the northwestern part of the city of Artiomovsk,” the Russian name for Bakhmut.
“The situation in the city itself is more complicated,” Maliar acknowledged on Telegram, stressing that “the enemy is not capable of taking control” of Bakhmut.
The battle for the city of Donbass is the bloodiest and longest since the start of the Russian invasion on February 24, 2022.
Source: Observadora
