The situation of the Ukrainian armed forces in Bakhmut is becoming more and more difficult. There should now be only one clear road to retreat.
Eastern Ukraine has been hotly contested since the start of the Russian invasion and hostilities in the country. Especially the two cities of Soledar and Bachmut, where a brutal battle of attrition is taking place. Now, the situation in Bakhmut appears to have significantly worsened for the Ukrainian armed forces, according to President Volodymyr Zelensky and Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maljar unanimously.
The situation is getting more and more difficult. According to Maljar, Russia is adopting a “tactic of attrition and complete destruction” of Ukrainian troops in and around the city. The Ukrainians were also outnumbered by their Russian opponent. Faced with the fact that the “situation is increasingly complicated”, Selenski again asks for more deliveries of weapons – also in order to guarantee better air defense.
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“The enemy is constantly destroying everything that can be used to defend our positions, to strengthen and defend them,” Zelenskyy said of the fighting in Bakhmut. He calls the Ukrainian soldiers who have been defending the city for six months “true heroes”. The Russians are now attacking not only from the east of the city. Recently, they have also fought their way north and south of the city – leaving Ukraine only a clear road for the threatened retreat.
An important part of the Russian offensive in Donetsk is the mercenaries of the Wagner squad. “The enemy army is increasing the intensity of its strike activities,” Deputy Minister Maljar told Telegram. Russia is trying to wear down Ukraine. According to the Ukrainian general staff, in addition to Bakhmut, there were also attacks on Kupyansk, Liman, Avdiivka and Wuhledar, in the east of the country. Attacks on Avdiivka were reportedly repulsed.
Russia sees NATO as an “enemy”
On Monday there was another surprising visit to Kiev. US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen traveled to the war-torn nation’s capital. In a meeting with Zelenskiy, she announced the transfer of the first $1.25 billion in aid from the last pot of nearly $10 billion. Similar to Prime Minister Joe Biden, Yellen reiterated that the US would stand by Ukraine for as long as necessary.
Russia, on the other hand, links global fears of a nuclear conflict to Western arms deliveries to Ukraine. According to Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, participation in the new START nuclear arms control treaty will only resume when Washington accepts Moscow’s position.
“The attitude of the collective West,” says Peskow, urgently needs to change. By arming Ukraine, NATO “appears as a single bloc, no longer as our conditional opponent, but as an enemy.” He could gain a lot from the peace plan for Ukraine presented by China – Ukrainian representatives have already sharply criticized the initiative.
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