After the Ukrainian General Staff announced on Tuesday, that Russian forces Continuing to bomb the city of Bakhmut, Solidar and several cities in Donetsk, British intelligence acknowledged that Moscow had made significant progress in those areas.
In a statement, he added that Russian forces now control most of the city.
Rearrange the rows
This came after Kiev announced that Moscow is focusing its efforts on seizing the Donetsk region within the administrative borders.
The statement from the General Staff confirmed that Russian forces continue their offensive operations towards Bakhmut, Avdeev and Liman, in an attempt to improve the tactical position towards Kobian.
He added that the Russians regrouped, snatched up manpower, transferred additional offensive units, changed tactics and launched assaults there.
Fatal mistake in Donetsk
He also clarified that Russia has deployed a large number of offensive units made up of the best reserves of Group Wagner.
The fiercest attacks!
Interestingly, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had announced that his forces were resisting new and more serious attacks on Solidar, near Bakhmut in the east of the country, which Moscow has been trying to control for months.
Massacre of Russian forces in Donetsk
Zelensky clarified in his daily speech that these attacks are the most serious since the beginning of Russia’s campaign against those areas.
Solidar is located in the Donetsk region, about 15 kilometers from the city of Bakhmut, which before the war had 70,000 inhabitants and is now a center of fighting.
On Monday, Ukrainian forces announced they had repulsed an attempt to seize Solidar, but fighting has resumed.
He also confirmed that Russian forces launched 31 airstrikes and 72 missile systems in the past 24 hours.