“The enemy suffered heavy losses in manpower. Our defense forces advanced two kilometers near Bakhmut. We did not lose any positions in Bakhmut this week,” Deputy Defense Minister Hana Maliar said in a statement. a statement on social media.
Previously, Russia denied that Kiev had infiltrated the town of Bakhmut, the center of fighting in eastern Ukraine, after reports about it were reported by various sources.
A Ukrainian military official confirmed that his country’s forces launched counterattacks in Bakhmut that forced Russian forces to retreat in some places, and pro-Moscow bloggers and the leader of the “Wagner” group shared similar information.
Battle of Bakhmut
The battle for Bakhmut, a ruined city roughly 95% controlled by Russian forces, is the longest and bloodiest since Russia’s military operation began in Ukraine in February 2022. The Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement that “individual announcements on Telegram regarding a breach at several points on the front line have nothing to do with reality.” She said her forces repelled several Ukrainian attacks on Thursday, and the fighting took place at night near Malinivka in the Donetsk region, and air force and artillery forces intervened.
“We are launching effective counterattacks. In some areas of the front, the enemy could not resist the attack of the Ukrainian defenders and retreated to a distance of up to two kilometers,” the commander of the forces said. ground forces of the Ukrainian army, Oleksandr Sersky, said via “Telegram” on Wednesday.
For her part, the Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister, Ghana Malyar, also confirmed via “Telegram” that the Kiev forces “did not lose a single site in Bakhmut during the day”.
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