Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – The Ukrainian military on Thursday (5/1/2023) estimated that up to 800 Russian soldiers have died in recent days. Most were killed in the fighting in the eastern Donetsk region.
The Ukrainian military said Russian troops are focusing on attacks in the Bakhmut sector, while its attacks on Avdiivka and Kupiansk sectors were unsuccessful. This appears in the minutes of the routine morning meeting.
The report says more than 800 Russian soldiers, one plane, one helicopter and three tanks have been destroyed in the past few days.
It also reported an unknown number of civilian casualties as a result of Russian air, rocket and missile strikes on the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut and two other cities in the Donetsk region, namely Ostiantynivka and Kurakhove.
In his evening video address, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Ukrainian troops outside Bakhmut were inflicting heavy casualties on their enemies and Russia was building up its forces in the region.
Ukraine’s Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Malyar, citing her ministry’s main intelligence directorate, wrote on the Telegram app that the significant losses for Russia mean it will likely have to announce another partial mobilization in the first quarter of this year. .
Meanwhile, Ukrainian artillery killed five people and wounded 15, including four rescue workers, according to Yegeny Balitsky, governor of the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia region, according to news agencies. TAX Russia.
A senior US administration official on Wednesday gave a sobering assessment of the fighting in the Donetsk region, especially around Bakhmut.
“The fighting is still quite heated … we have to see elsewhere on the front that fighting will continue in the coming months,” the official said, citing Reuters.
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