Further ground gain for the Ukraine in the contested region around Bakhmut in the east of the country. The head of the Russian mercenary force, Wagner, confirmed the advance and appealed to the Russian army command.
In the area of the city of Bakhmut, which has been fought over for months, the Ukrainian troops have made further gains in territory. “We managed to advance between 150 and 1,700 meters within a day,” said Army Group East spokesman Serhiy Cherevatyy on Ukrainian television. This succeeded despite the Russian superiority in soldiers, ammunition and technology. He did not give any specific location information.
The head of the Russian mercenary group Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, confirmed the Ukrainian advance. North of Bakhmut, Ukrainian units advanced almost 600 meters. “Don’t give up the Sacco and Vanzetti settlement,” the 61-year-old said to the Russian army command. Prigozhin has been warning for weeks that the Ukrainian army could advance on the group’s flanks in the largely conquered Bakhmut. The abandoned hamlet called Sacco and Vanzetti is a good 10 miles north of Bakhmut and about 3 miles from Soledar, which was captured by the Russians in January.
Ukraine has been fending off a Russian invasion with Western help for around 15 months. The area around the town of Bakhmut, which once had a population of 70,000 in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donetsk, has been the focus of fighting for months.
Source: Stern
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