Moscow plans to send about 9,000 soldiers to Belarus
According to Zelensky, the “most difficult” military situation is near Bakhmut
“There is still a very dangerous situation in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions”Announced, in the industrial basin of the Donbass, on Saturday evening, Volodymyr Zelensky in his daily message. The hardest part is located near Bakhmut, like the previous days. We still hold our positions.”And the Ukrainian president added, a few days after the pro-Russian forces announced their approach to this city.
Russian-backed separatist forces in Ukraine’s Donetsk region said on Thursday they had captured two nearby villages, Obitin and Ivangrad. For weeks, Russian forces have been shelling the city of Bakhmout, which previously had a population of 70,000, in the hope of capturing it.
About fifteen kilometers from Bakhmut, in Jasiv Yar, journalists from Agence France-Presse spoke to a soldier who had just returned from the front lines in this area.
“For days I didn’t sleep, I didn’t eat, I only drank coffee”This 50-year-old soldier is out of 93e Major General nicknamed “Polyak”.
“Of the thirteen men in my group, we lost two soldiers and five were evacuated.”This soldier was lightly wounded by shrapnel and showed signs of fatigue. “It’s our life now, we will do everything for our country”He said again, about to cry.
For weeks, Ukrainian forces have been retaking swathes of territory in southern and eastern Ukraine.
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