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They lure soldiers into abandoned buildings and then blow them up: Russian sources report a new Ukrainian blood tactic in the disputed city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine.
Ukrainian journalist Dmitri, who runs the War Translated account, shared a report from a Russian soldier on Twitter. Ukrainian troops are gradually being pushed back. But they use the retreat to kill many Russians.
“They are now blowing up the houses they had turned into fortresses before and trying to bury our soldiers under the rubble,” the Russian said. The Ukrainians would shell the buildings with their own artillery or mine the rooms. A commander of the Wagner troop reported that his men would be lured into houses and then blown up.
This is not a new tactic. This had already been used against the Russians in the First Chechen War (1994 to 1996). «I remember how in January 1995 in Grozny, the Chechens gave up one of the buildings without a fight and cleared the house. After the Russians settled there, they blew it up remotely,” the Russian continued.
According to the government in Moscow, Russian troops have now completely surrounded the city of Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine. Airborne troops are currently reinforcing the combat units of Wagner’s mercenaries, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a situation report. She wants to “drive the enemy out of the central districts of the city,” the defense ministry in Moscow said Thursday.
Ukraine rejected these statements to AFP news agency, calling them “unrealistic”. Their armed forces can provide everything they need, such as food, ammunition and medicine.
The Battle of Bakhmut is the longest of the more than year-long Russian offensive in Ukraine. It has been largely destroyed and abandoned after months of fighting. But given the fighting that has been going on for months and has led to great losses, Bachmut has now taken on great symbolic significance for both sides. (an/AFP)
Source: Blick
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