The situation in eastern Ukraine is 'very painful,' Ukraine's president said on Monday evening.
in and around Bakhmut on Sunday and Monday, but the city had not yet fallen.
Armored personnel carrier of the 92nd separate mechanized brigade of Ukrainian Armed Forces move to park in their base near Klugino-Bashkirivka village, in the Kharkiv region on January 31, 2022. Speaking in his nightly address on Monday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he wished to"comment the warriors of the 92nd separate mechanized brigade for their successful actions in the area of Bakhmut.
On March 4, the U.K. defense ministry said Ukraine's military was"reinforcing" the area around Bakhmut with"elite units." On March 6, the ISW also said that elite Russian airborne units and Wagner fighters had joined"lower-quality troops" in Bakhmut. The 92nd separate mechanized brigade has previously been described by Forbes as"one of the best-trained and best-equipped units" in the Ukrainian army.
Just ahead of the outbreak of full-scale war on February 24, 2022, the brigade, typically based in the northeastern city of Kharkiv, had some of the most modern tanks available to Ukraine's armed forces, according to the outlet.
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