Russia is multiplying its attacks on the war front to break Ukraine’s defenses, and the situation there is “getting tougher,” especially in the east, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his nightly address. Follow our live updates:
Russian forces made small advances toward Bakhmut this week, and the city “is increasingly isolated,”. Earlier this week, forces from the Wagner mercenary group “highly likely seized” a road connecting Bakhmut with the town of Siversk roughly 23 miles northeast, the ministry said. Now, the two main roads to Bakhmut available to Ukrainian forces are probably “both threatened by direct fire,” it added.
The Russian tycoon behind the Wagner Group denied rumors circulating in Russian media that Ukrainian forces are retreating from the area around Bakhmut.on Telegram, according to Reuters. “Fierce battles are going on in the northern quarters for every street, every house, every stairwell.”and the Luhansk region, the Institute for the Study of War think tank said.
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