In detail, the head of the press center of the group of forces “South”, Vadim Astafyev, said that the Russian army managed to prevent an attempted attack by a tactical group belonging to a Ukrainian company in the direction Solidar-Bakhmut.
He added: “On the operational direction of Solidar-Artyomovsk (Bakhmut), an attempted attack of a Ukrainian tactical group at the company level was thwarted. During this time, the enemy suffered personnel losses and in armored vehicles.
The Russian officer noted that the crew of the group’s “Buk-M” air defense missile system managed to destroy two HIMARS missiles.
For his part, the pro-Russian governor of Donetsk, Denis Pushilin, said that Ukrainian forces were seeking to target the penetration of the side flanks in Bakhmut to complicate the advance of Russian forces into the city itself.
“Comprehensive measures are currently being taken to prevent such a scenario from happening,” Pushilin said, according to what was reported by the Russian agency Sputnik.
He added: “Ukrainian forces are now deliberately trying to infiltrate the flanks to create difficult conditions in Bakhmut itself and for the forces in the town. So, of course, global measures are taken.
Regogin ruled out taking control of Bakhmut within days
For his part, the founder and leader of the Russian Wagner group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, revealed that the entire Ukrainian city of Bakhmut was not yet controlled.
Commander Wagner added in an audio statement posted on the Wagner Group’s account on the Telegram app that fierce battles are now taking place in one of the city’s districts.
Yesterday Thursday, Prigozhin revealed that his military units had advanced from an area of ​​260 meters in Bakhmut, indicating that they had imposed control over around 180,000 square meters.
Prigozhin said: “Today (Thursday) Wagner’s units advanced in different directions to a distance of 260 meters and took control of an area of ​​180,000 square meters in the city of Artyomovsk. ”
He added that “1.28 square kilometers of the city’s territory is still under enemy control (yesterday it was 1.46 square kilometers)”, according to what was reported by the Russian website Sputnik.
Prigozhin pointed out that the Ukrainian forces are resisting fiercely and that “the battles continue in every house and every meter”, explaining that “the enemy cannot be surrounded because the positions of the army units near Bakhmut are not lost”.
According to developments on the ground, it appears that Wagner and Russian forces control over 98% of the city, and only separate areas remain under the control of Ukrainian forces, including the area of ​​the MiG aircraft monument and the surrounding buildings at the southwest entrance to the city.
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