2023-05-01 05:03:45
Ukraine responds to Russian bombing in Bakhmut – archive
Russia and Ukraine
Russian forces announce the bombing of artillery sites of the Ukrainian army and incurred heavy losses in Donetsk
The Russian military operation in Ukraine continues. And in the latest field information, a spokesman for the Russian Ministry of Defense told Sputnik that the Russian forces targeted, early Monday morning, several positions of the Ukrainian army’s artillery in the Donetsk People’s Republic.
On the other hand, local authorities in the Kiev region said that air defense systems responded to missile attacks in the early hours of Monday morning in the region, after warnings from emergency services about air strikes across Ukraine.
A Ukrainian military commander said, “Our defenses shot down 15 Russian missiles out of 18 this morning,” while Ukrainian officials confirmed that all Russian missiles that tried to target Kiev were intercepted.
And she had said earlier that there was a threat to launch Missile strikes In the early hours of Monday in the region, after warnings of emergency services of air strikes throughout Ukraine.
“The threat of a missile strike … stay in shelters,” the Kiev regional administration wrote on the Telegram messaging app. “Take care of your safety,” Andrei Yermak, chief of staff to President Volodymyr Zelensky, said via Telegram.
Ukrainian media also reported explosions in the Dnipropetrovsk and Sumy regions.
On Sunday, Ukraine announced that its forces controlled parts of the city of Bakhmut, the focus of a long-running Russian offensive in the east of the country, while the commander of a large pro-Moscow force said his men were making progress in the city.
Russian forces, who have struggled for months to control Bakhmut, continue to make slow progress in the city.
“Fierce fighting continues in the city of Bakhmut. The enemy is unable to take control of the city, despite sending all its forces into battle and achieving some success,” Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Hana Malyar said.
The Ukrainian army does not reveal exactly which area the Russians control in the city.
Serhiy Chervaty, spokesman for the Ukrainian forces in the east of the country, said it was still possible to supply food, ammunition and medicine to the defenders of Bakhmut, and to evacuate the wounded.
On Sunday, the Russian Defense Ministry said that its forces had taken control of four areas in western Bakhmut.
The Russian private security Wagner Group is leading the attack on Bakhmut, and the head of the group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, said on Telegram that his men advanced up to 230 meters in some directions on Sunday. He added that the pro-Kiev units control less than three square kilometres.
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