Russian Offensive Forces Continue to Attack Western Bakhmut: Ukraine Prepares Counteroffensive

2023-04-21 20:55:00

Russia’s defense ministry said on Thursday that Russian offensive forces continued to attack western Bakhmut, which is still held by Ukrainian forces. FILE PHOTO: A Ukrainian military tank drives on the front line near Bakhmut April 21, 2023. REUTERS/Sofiia Gatilova

[モスクワ ２１日 ロイター] – Russia’s Ministry of Defense announced on the 21st, regarding the fighting situation in the key Bakhmut area in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, that Russian strike forces are continuing their offensive in the western part of Bakhmut area, which is still held by the Ukrainian army.

Ukraine says the situation is under control, although Russian forces have made some progress in the Battle of Bakhmut following heavy fighting.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a video speech that the Ukrainian army was preparing a counteroffensive.

Russia relied heavily on fighters from the private military company Wagner in the attack on Bakhmut. Wagner founder Evgeny Prigozhin expressed concern over his Ukrainian reversal offensive in a voice message posted on the chat app Telegram earlier today. “Western countries have handed over (to Ukraine) 230 tanks and 1,500 armored vehicles, enough for a full-scale counteroffensive,” he said. I expected. “They will attack us. We have to resist,” he said.

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