The Russians try to enhance their tactical place on the entrance strains within the Kupiansk and Lyman instructions.
The spokesman for the Nationwide Guard of Ukraine, Ruslan Muzychuk, reported the replace on the air of the nationwide telethon, an Ukrinform correspondent reviews.
“Usually, the Bakhmut course, in addition to the Avdiivka course, are the place probably the most energetic fight operations are at present ongoing, the place enemy forces try to enhance their tactical place in each the Kupjansk and Lyman instructions,” Muzychuk mentioned.
Based on the official, the Nationwide Guards items performing duties within the space collectively with the Armed Forces are holding their floor.
“One of many targets (of the Russian Federation — ed.) is to advance to the executive borders, specifically, of Donetsk area… And so they make use of all attainable shock-assault strikes there, utilizing numerous ways,” the spokesman mentioned.
Responding to a query on details about the assertion of Wagner PMC chief Yevgeny Prigozhin concerning plans to seize Bakhmut earlier than the New Yr, the official expressed the opinion that such statements may be made, amongst different issues, to take care of the morale of the Russian items preventing these battles.
“As for Bakhmut, (Russian – ed.) losses there are fairly huge, however they see no success. And due to this fact, such statements are purported to additionally strengthen in a sure method the spirit of these items which can be merely being pummeled there by our navy,” he mentioned.
Muzychuk specified that, usually, Ukrainians have repeatedly seen that the plans of the Russian Federation are continually altering, ranging from the primary statements about capturing Kyiv in a number of days and ending with the truth that our full-scale struggle with Russia has been happening for greater than 300 days already.
As reported, President Volodymyr Zelensky mentioned that just a few civilians stay in Bakhmut, that there isn’t a place within the space that was not lined in blood, and that not an hour goes by with out the roar of artillery shelling.
