Kiev: Russia cannot cut off Bakhmut from Ukrainian supply routes

Kiev: Russia cannot cut off Bakhmut from Ukrainian supply routes

Russia can not minimize off the Ukrainian provide routes to the closely destroyed metropolis of Bakhmut, Kiev has stated.

“The Russians have been talking for several weeks about conquering the ‘road of life’ as well as keeping fire control over it. In reality, everything is different,” a spokesman for the Eastern Group of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Serhiy Cherevaty, advised on-line outlet zn.ua on Saturday.

Although the connecting highway from Bakhmut to Chasiv Yar is being fought over, the Russians aren’t succeeding in disrupting the logistics of the defenders, he stated. The info couldn’t be independently verified.

The provide of provisions, weapons and ammunition is secured, Cherevaty defined. The Ukrainian forces had been sustaining their positions alongside the highway and engineers had already laid new roads to Bakhmut. “All this allows us to continue holding Bakhmut,” he stated.

In its state of affairs report, the Ukrainian common employees additionally spoke of “unsuccessful attempts” by Russian forces to make features within the space.

Source: www.anews.com.tr