The Ukrainian army manages to return to the desired Bakhmut

The Ukrainian troops defending a ruined city Bakhmutin the Donetsk region, who were forced to give up their positions in recent weeks due to pressure from Russian mercenaries of the Wagner group, have already moved to counteroffensive and managed to extract soil at a depth of two kilometers. Deputy Minister of Defense Anna Maliar said this via Telegram this Friday.

“Our armed forces have not lost a single position in the past week, while the occupiers are suffering heavy losses”said the Painter. However, he admitted that Russian forces “continue to actively attack in and around Bakhmut”, although he said they are “failing in their offensive”. According to him, Moscow is spreading “false information” about the real situation in the population “which has gained enormous importance in Russian military rhetoric and has become an almost sacred enclave”.

For his part, the spokesman of the eastern group of the Ukrainian army, Sergui Cherevati, said in a televised intervention that there are “signs of exhaustion” of Russian troops on the battlefield. “The first evidence of this is the almost daily hysterical statements of the criminal Yevgeni Prigožin”, boss of the Wagners. According to Cherevati, the mercenaries cannot meet any of their deadlines for the complete capture of Bakhmut and the entire region.

“They continue to be destroyed on a large scale. Wagner himself has no substitute. They are forced to use regular troops: motorized infantry and airborne troops, which are also mostly recruited from the mobilized,” said Cherevati, who also said that Russian prisoners sent to the front “are demoralized, have no motivation and do not understand why to fight.” .

The claims of Maliar and Cherevati were confirmed by Prigozhin, who released a new video in which he reiterates that Russian troops are “running away” from Bakhmut and its defensesas a result of dissolution, “they are collapsing.” “The units of the Ministry of Defense simply left the flanks,” he declared, allowing the Ukrainian army to “retake control of the reservoir in the north and take the height to dominate the city.” According to him, Kiev forces have also recaptured the road connecting Bakhmut with Chasiv Yar, a little further west, which Kremlin soldiers were within range of their artillery and blocked.

Last Tuesday, on Victory Day in Russia, Prigozhin had already condemned that the Russian detachment “escaped from one of the wings.” They left their positions, everyone left. The following day, it emerged, according to the Kiev military, that the Russian unit in question was the 72nd Motorized Infantry Brigade, which left behind 500 of its men lying lifeless on the battlefield.

The Wagner boss believes the current situation will lead to a “tragedy” for Russia. This Friday, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu sent a letter requesting his presence in Bakhmut. “Taking into account the difficult operational situation and your extensive combat experience, I ask you to come to the territory to assess the situation yourself,” reads the letter that Prigozhin posted on his Telegram account.