10 minutes agoUkraine: Russia Continues Pressure in Bahmut
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(3 years ago)Russia continued its unbroken attacks on Bahmut, targeting civilian targets, the Ukrainian Army said on March 15th, while President Voldymyr Zelensky pledged it would continue to protect the town in the eastern Donjeck region and cause maximum enemy defeat. Russia launched more than 90 unsuccessful attacks along the front line on [...]
Russia launched more than 90 unsuccessful attacks along the front line to the east, focusing on Bahmut, Ukraine's Armed Forces General Staff said at Wednesday's conference.
Besides Bakhmut, who has been the focus of fighting for months, Russian forces “focused their offensive efforts on conducting operations in Lyman, Avdijivka, and Shahtarsk”, the military reported.
Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Malyar told Ukrainian television on March 14th that fierce fighting is also under way around the Kremlin and other settlements in northern Bahmut.
Wagner's chief, Yevgeny Pigozin, who posted a video watching in the centre of Bahmut, has acknowledged that his fighters are facing more difficulty in taking control of the city.
Over 90 percent of residents have fled, most of the city is under ruins, tens of thousands of people have been killed, and strategic importance has been minimized by Pentagon and NATO chiefs.
President Zelensky has described the “Bahmut Foundation” as a symbol of the challenge, which is arresting the Russian army.
For Moscow, the fall of the city she calls by the name of the Soviet era, Artimomovsk, would be the first major victory since mid-2022 and would be a push for its broad fight against Ukraine.
The battle for Bahmut is considered one of the fiercest battles since Russia began the invasion of Ukraine in February last year.
The city has witnessed massacres even earlier: During World War II, Nazi invading forces gathered 3,000 Jews into a mine and killed them.
