'Our respected experts say that the enemy defense is powerful. It is true,' a guest on Russian state TV said.
While fighting has taken place in several Ukrainian cities, some of the Russian mercenary soldiers from the
have focused on attempting to take Bakhmut. Dmytro Vatagin, a 48-year-old Ukrainian solider stationed near Bakhmut, told theUkrainian servicemen fire a 105mm Howitzer toward Russian positions near the city of Bakhmut, Ukraine, on March 4, 2023. In inset, Ukrainian soldiers ride an infantry fighting vehicle along a road not far from Bakhmut, Donetsk region, on March 5, 2023. On March 7, 2023, a guest on Russian state-run TV said that Ukraine's defenses are powerful.
A Ukrainian solider previously spoke with the Institute for the Study of War and said Russian soldiers are executing"fairly successful infiltration techniques" in Bakhmut. Despite recent comments made on Russian state TV, Magomedsalam Magomedov, the head of the Russian presidential administration, recently said that President"no other choice but to launch the special military operation" because of"the open support and promotion of the neo-Nazi ideology, a speedy militarization of Ukraine, constant calls for the annexation of Russian territories, an increasing threat to our national security and stability.
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