Once again, Zelinsky admits: the situation in Bakhmut is getting more difficult

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned that conditions around the front line in Bakhmut are getting more difficult.

Zelensky added, in his daily evening intervention, that “the enemy is constantly destroying everything that can be used to protect our positions.”

Weeks ago, Zelensky described the situation in Bakhmut, in the Donbass, as the “most difficult” situation for Russian forces.

At the same time, last month, the United States advised Ukraine to withdraw its forces from Bakhmut, in order to begin preparations for an offensive on the southern front.

A US official indicated that “Kiev may not have sufficient resources to conduct military operations in the city and prepare for the attack.”

For more than a month, the Western media has been talking, in particular, about the Battle of Bakhmut, which Kiev’s allies fear that Russian control over it will be a key to the collapse of the entire front in the hands of the Russian forces, during the harsh winter, while Russian sources confirm that the Ukrainian forces and mercenaries are suffering heavy losses. In spirits and gear.

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In exchange for Ukrainian warnings, the founder of the Russian Wagner Group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, announced the control of the town of Yagodnoye, north of Artemovsk (Bakhmut), “from the hands of the militants and mercenaries of the Kiev regime.” His forces also took control of the Ukrainian town of Berkhivka, north of Bakhmut.

The assertion of control over Berkhivka means that the Russian forces have begun to tighten the pincers on Bakhmut, from the north.

Since the beginning of this winter, the fighting in the direction of Bakhmut has focused on artillery bombardment, with slow Russian advances on the ground. The Russian forces have made remarkable progress in recent weeks, especially in the north, where they took control of the city of Solidar last month, and they continue to advance towards a complete encirclement of northern Bakhmut.

Almost a year after the start of the military operation, Russia’s forces are now adopting sophisticated tactics that have proven effective against the Ukrainian defenses entrenched in Soviet cities, tunnels and mines, and in climatic conditions in which fighting is extremely difficult for the attacking forces.

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