Russia continues to gain ground against Bakhmut but suffers “significant” casualties in military operations. This was stated in the latest conflict situation update published by Isw. But the real conflict these hours involves top-secret US documents that have ended up on the web.
The United States has serious doubts as to whether Ukraine will achieve truly significant results in the forthcoming spring counter-offensive, whether it will be able to recapture Russian-held territory, and whether Kiev will continue to be able to defend itself against attacks. It’s the latest embarrassing news contained in US intelligence documents publicly filtered online and republished by the Washington Post.
Words that clash with those of Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, who said a full-scale counteroffensive by Ukrainian forces against the Russian invaders could begin as early as this summer.
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Pro-Russian: “All administration buildings of Bakhmut are under Moscow control”
All of Bakhmut’s administrative buildings are under the control of Russian troops, pro-Russian head of the self-proclaimed Donetsk Republic Denis Pushilin told Channel One, RIA Novosti reported. “All administrative buildings (in Bakhmut) are already under the control of our units,” he said, adding that Ukrainian forces are in the western part of the besieged city in eastern Ukraine. Yesterday afternoon, the head of the private Russian mercenary group Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, announced in a video that his troops now control more than 80 percent of Bakhmut, “including the entire administrative center”. However, the spokesman for the Ukrainian Armed Forces – Serghei Cherevatyi – had dismissed the claims: “This statement by Prigozhin is not true,” he said.
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Kiev, “Russians execute Ukrainian soldier by beheading him”
The Russians executed a Ukrainian soldier by beheading him. The video was allegedly filmed by Moscow soldiers and Ukrainians circulated information on Twitter, UNIAN reported. According to Ukrainian media, there is another video on other Telegram channels in which the Russians defamate the corpses of Ukrainian soldiers by beating off their heads and hands. Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy Andriy Yermak wrote on his Telegram channel: “There will be an answer and responsibility for everything.”
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