Experts have debated Bakhmut’s strategic importance, which has turned into a key political and symbolic prize in the war. Read more at straitstimes.com.
KYIV – Ukraine said on Monday the situation was “difficult” in a village just north of Bakhmut, a day after the Russian paramilitary group Wagner claimed control of another settlement near the embattled eastern Ukrainian city.“The situation is difficult near Soledar – the village of Paraskoviivka is under intense shelling and assaults,” the presidency said in its daily report.
Soledar, captured by Russian troops in January, is just north of Bakhmut, which Russians have been trying to seize for over six months.The Ukrainian general staff said that Russian troops had shelled 16 settlements near Bakhmut with tanks, mortars and artillery the previous day. Experts have debated Bakhmut’s strategic importance, but the city has turned into a key political and symbolic prize as the battle has dragged on.On Sunday, Mr Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of the Russian paramilitary group Wagner, said his troops had taken the settlement of Krasna Gora, just nearby.
Russian forces cut three out of four supply routes of the Ukrainian army in Bakhmut, the Kremlin-appointed leader of the Donetsk region, Mr Denis Pushilin, said on Friday. Ukraine also reported a “tense” situation near Vugledar, another town in Donetsk under Russian offensive.Meanwhile, in southern Kherson, three people died and one was injured in the past 24 hours due to Russian attacks, the presidency also said. AFP
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