'They're getting hammered in the vicinity of Bahkmut,' General Mark Milley told lawmakers on Wednesday.
Ukrainian servicemen fire with an M119 105mm howitzer at Russian positions near Bakhmut, on March 23, 2023, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine."It's a slaughter-fest for the Russians" around Bakhmut, General Mark Milley said on Wednesday.On Wednesday, the Russian defense ministry said that up to 310 Ukrainian fighters had been killed in the Donetsk region, but it didn't specify reported losses around Bakhmut.
Russian forces are"conducting combat operations right now in Bakhmut primarily," Milley said."It's probably about 6,000 or so actual mercenaries and maybe another 20 or 30,000 recruits that they get, many of whom come from prisons." On Wednesday evening, Ukraine's General Staff of the Armed Forces said that Russian forces had"partial success" in their attempts to seize Bakhmut."However, Ukrainian defenders are courageously holding the city as they repel numerous enemy attacks," the General Staff added in an update at 6 p.m. local time.Russian forces advanced in southern and southwestern Bakhmut on Tuesday and Wednesday, the Washington-based Institute for the Study of War think tank said on Wednesday.
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