Russian forces staged multiple attacks on the key eastern city of Bakhmut but failed to cross a river that divides it, while Ukrainian forces continued to fight to prevent being surrounded
Russian forces staged multiple attacks on the eastern city of Bakhmut on Sunday in a bid to gain new ground, while Ukrainian forces defending the eastern city continued to fight to prevent being cut off there afterThe General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces said on Sunday that Russian forces had attacked 15 villages on the Bakhmut front over the past day. “The Russians did not stop storming the city of Bakhmut,” it said.
Wagner founder Yevgeny Prigozhin said in a video posted to his Telegram channel on Saturday that Russian troops were positioned about three-quarters of a mile from Bakhmut’s city center.aris messinis/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images Moscow’s forces also shelled Ukrainian positions along the front line north of Bakhmut, which snakes through the Luhansk and Kharkiv regions.
“Enemy forces are relentlessly trying to attack the positions of our forces,” Oleh Synehubov said on a TV broadcast. “That’s why we announced mandatory evacuation. We are trying to explain this to local residents.”
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