Russian forces are threatening a key supply route for Ukrainian troops and have “likely” seized the center of Bakhmut after more than six months of brutal fighting over the town, the U.K. defense ministry said Friday. Russian troops, largely led by Wagner mercenary forces, have been attempting to encircle the town to pinch it from […]
Russia threatens Ukraine eastern supply lines as it has ‘likely’ seized Bakhmut town center: UK intel
April 7, 2023 by
Fall of Ukrainian city of Bakhmut would not mean a strategic win for Russia: Pentagon
March 6, 2023 by
The fight for Bakhmut has been raging for months but, according to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, a Russian victory over the Donetsk city would not prove all that strategically advantageous for Moscow. “I think it is more of a symbolic value than it is strategic and operational value,” Austin told reporters from Jordan Monday. […]
Battle for Donbas: Zelensky Says Russians Have ‘Actually Destroyed Bakhmut’
February 3, 2023 by
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Russian forces have “destroyed” the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, President Volodymyr Zelensky said, while Ukraine’s military on Saturday reported missile, rocket and air strikes in multiple parts of the country that Moscow is trying to conquer after months of resistance. The latest battles of Russia’s 9 1/2 month war in