Published January 31,2023
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Ukraine stated on Tuesday its forces had repelled Russian assaults on a highway close to the jap city of Bakhmut, stopping Moscow from gaining management of an vital Ukrainian provide line.
Russian troops have been unable to chop off the highway main from the city Chasiv Yar to Bakhmut, army spokesperson Serhiy Cherevaty stated in televised feedback. “Russian troops could not cut off the road which is used for supplying the Ukrainian Armed Forces. The Ukrainian army in Bakhmut is supplied with everything necessary,” he stated.
He stated Bakhmut remained one of many primary focuses of Russian assaults, together with artillery strikes and infantry assaults.
Earlier on Tuesday, Russia stated its forces had taken management of Blahodatne, a small village simply north of Bakhmut.
Reuters was not in a position to independently confirm battlefield accounts by both aspect.
Ukrainian troops, the Russian army and Russian non-public army contractor Wagner Group have been locked for months in a fierce battle of attrition within the Bakhmut space.
Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to President Volodymyr Zelensky, stated wanted extra weapons to repel Moscow’s forces as a result of Russia had stepped up assaults.
He wrote on Twitter that “systematic shelling of frontline cities, accumulation of ordnance, redeployment of troops, additional forced mobilization surely do not indicate RF’s (Russia’s) readiness for peace.”
“These are direct signs of significant escalation. Therefore, weapons, weapons & more weapons for Ukraine,” he wrote.
Since successful Western pledges final week to offer primary battle tanks, Kyiv has requested extra weapons together with fighter jets.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
