Russian troops attacked yesterday in the northern and southern sectors of the front line in Donbass. At the same time, Kiev said that Moscow’s advance in the Bakhmut region was beginning to stall, Reuters reported.
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The Ukrainian army reported heavy fighting along the Liman-Kupyansk line, as well as to the south in Avdeevka on the outskirts of Russian-held Donetsk. Both areas were among the main targets of Russia’s winter offensive, which aimed to establish full control over Ukraine’s industrial hub Donbas. So far, the offensive has not achieved much despite the deaths of thousands of soldiers on both sides in the fiercest fighting since the beginning of the war.
At a Ukrainian artillery position in a wooded area in the northern part of the front, servicemen fire a French 155-mm TRF-1 howitzer on the highway that supplies the city of Kremenna, controlled by Russian troops.
Fortunately, we’re holding our ground. Fortunately, because we are facing a very strong and well-armed opponent. Against us is a professional army – airborne units, one of the Ukrainian soldiers told Reuters
When an order with coordinates arrives, the gunner climbs into position, removes the camouflage from the howitzer, takes aim, loads and fires. After three shots, they removed the barrel of the cannon, re-camouflaged it and returned to the bunkers to await further orders. Automatic weapons and artillery fire could be heard in the distance. The front line has barely moved since November despite fierce fighting. Now that spring has arrived, the main question in Ukraine is how much longer Russia will be able to sustain its advance, and if and when Kiev will seize the initiative on the battlefield with a counteroffensive.
At their meeting yesterday in Ottawa, US President Joe Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau confirmed their “firm support for the Ukrainian people fighting against Putin’s brutal and barbaric invasion,” as Trudeau put it.
On Thursday, the commander-in-chief of Ukraine’s ground forces said the Russian assault on Bakhmut appeared to be losing steam, and Kiev could “very soon” go on the offensive.
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said around 10,000 Ukrainian civilians, many of them elderly and disabled, were suffering “under very dire conditions” in and around Bakhmut.
They are forced to stay for almost whole days in the bomb shelters because of the fierce shelling. All you see are people who are forced to live on the edge of survival and their strength, Umar Khan, a representative of the ICRC, told a briefing
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