Friday, February 17, 2023

Russia - Ukraine War: The Battle For Bakhmut Continues

 

Reuters: Ukrainian troops holding line at Bakhmut appeal for help as global security meeting starts 

NEAR BAKHMUT, Ukraine/MUNICH (Reuters) -Ukrainian soldiers fighting to hold off a Russian push on the small eastern city of Bakhmut pleaded for more weapons from the outside world as senior Western leaders met in Munich on Friday to assess the year-long war shaking Europe. 

"Give us more military equipment, more weapons, and we will deal with the Russian occupier, we will destroy them," said Dmytro, a serviceman standing in the snow near Bakhmut which Russia's Wagner mercenary group is attacking. 

Nearly one year into the invasion, President Vladimir Putin's troops are intensifying assaults in the east.  

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WNU Editor: Russia's Wagner Group's Prigozhyn believes it will take another month or two before Bakhmut is surrounded (see tweet and video below):

 
 
Russia - Ukraine War: The Battle For Bakhmut Continues  
 
 
 
 
 
 

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Why are they having so much trouble with this small city… months ago Russia said it would fall

Tasman Gleeson said...

That's because the Russians have crap tactics. Throwing arty and bodies will only work with little taken.