(PLO)- The risk of Bakhmut falling because Ukraine lacks artillery and Russia actively attacks; Russia accused Ukraine of shelling the hospital, killing 14 people.
Russia shelled many areas; the danger of Bakhmut’s fall
. On January 28, the Ukrainian Air Force launched four air strikes on Russian forces, while the Ukrainian missile and artillery forces hit two command posts, two air defense positions and three groups of Russian troops. news agency UKrinform citing information from the General Staff of Ukraine said.
According to the General Staff of Ukraine, despite the great loss of manpower, Russian troops are continuing to attack in the directions of Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Novopavlivka cities (both in Donetsk Oblast). In the directions of the cities of Kupyansk (Kharkiv Oblast), Lyman (Donetsk Oblast), Zaporizhzhia (Zaporizhia Oblast) and Kherson (Kherson Oblast), Russian troops took a defensive stance.
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The scene of the Russian shelling on the city of Kostiantynivka, Donetsk province on January 28, killing 3 people. Photo: REUTERS |
. On January 28, the Ukrainian military said that Russia had fired artillery at 40 settlements near the city of Bakhmut (Donetsk province).
Sheet Guardian Citing military sources, Ukrainian forces are currently struggling to hold the city, after Ukrainian troops withdrew from the nearby city of Soledar last week.
“Russia is destroying anything that can be used as a defensive shield… Ukrainian forces don’t have enough artillery,” one source said.
According to the sheet GuardianThe risk of Bakhmut being encircled is said to be growing, with the Ukrainian military facing a shortage of artillery and this could present an opportunity for Russia to move forward.
. On January 28, Russian troops continued shelling some areas of Ukraine. According to the National Police of Ukraine, Russian forces attacked the city of Kostiantynivka (Donetsk province) with an S-300 missile, killing three people and injuring 14.
The chairman of the Dnipropetrovsk provincial council, Mykola Lukashuk, said that Russian troops had shelled the Nikopol and Synelnykove districts in the province with heavy artillery, fortunately, without causing casualties. On the same day, Russia also launched an air strike on the outskirts of Sumy province, damaging infrastructure.
Russia updates the military situation
. On January 28, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said that the Russian forces launched successful attacks along the Donetsk front line and captured more favorable positions, according to the news agency. TASS.
Konashenkov said that on January 27, more than 30 Ukrainian soldiers were killed in the Donetsk front line. An infantry fighting vehicle, a Grad self-propelled howitzer, a Pion self-propelled howitzer, a Giatsint-B cannon, two Msta-B self-propelled howitzers,…were destroyed.
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An elderly woman stands next to a house damaged by shelling in Chasiv Yar city, Donetsk province January 28. Photo: REUTERS |
In the city of Kupiansk (Kharkiv province), Russia attacked the positions of the 14th and 92nd Mechanized Brigade of Ukraine, eliminating 25 Ukrainian soldiers, a Gvozdika self-propelled howitzer, an M777 howitzer, a combat vehicle. armored fighting and two pickup trucks.
According to Konashenkov, the Russian Air Force shot down nine Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the Kharkiv, Zaporizhia, Donetsk and Luhansk provinces.
Konashenkov also said that eight HIMARS and Olkha artillery were intercepted near the city of Donetsk and the settlement of Valeryanovka in the Donetsk region.
. The head of the Wagner military company, Yevgeny Prigozhin, said that the Blagodatnoye settlement near the city of Soledar (Donetsk province) was already under the control of Russian forces, according to the news agency. TASS.
Russia accuses Ukraine of shooting at a hospital, killing 14 people
. Meanwhile, the Russian Defense Ministry accused Ukrainian forces of firing rocket artillery with HIMARS at a hospital in Novoaidar city (Luhansk province) in the early morning hours of January 28, killing at least 14 people and injuring 24, according to radio. RT.
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Ukrainian soldiers in eastern Ukraine on January 28. Photo: THE NEW YORK TIMES |
According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the attack on the hospital located dozens of kilometers from the front line in the center of Luhansk province was “a serious war crime”. This hospital is a place to treat both locals and soldiers, the victims of the shelling include patients and medical staff.
After the attack, Russia’s First Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations Dmitry Polyansky accused the US of being directly involved in the incident.
Mr. Polyansky called the attack a crime and emphasized that 14 civilians were killed in the hospital by US-supplied missiles. He also pointed out that Washington provided intelligence data to the Ukrainian military, so the US was directly involved in the incident.
Ukraine has not yet commented on the case.
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