Bakhmut

Commander of Ukrainian Ground Forces says Russia has suffered 'significant losses' in the besieged town of Bakhmut.

Russian troops are stepping up their efforts to take the city of Bakhmut, which would be their first major prize in half a year and open the way to fully ...

"The southern part of Bakhmut is the only area which can be described as under Ukrainian control. There was no immediate US response. "Vicious battles are going on there. Reuters saw several military vehicles stuck in mud. That would give Russia its first major prize in more than half a year and open the way to the capture of the last remaining urban centres in the Donetsk region. The situation in the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut is "extremely tense", the commander of Ukrainian ground forces says, as Russian troops besieging it step up their assault to encircle it.

Kremlin ally Alexander Lukashenko has embarked on a three-day trip to China, as Washington accuses Beijing of being anything but an "honest broker" over the ...

Ukraine said Tuesday its forces were under pressure in Bakhmut, a nearly-destroyed city in the eastern Donetsk region that Russia has been trying to seize.

“The situation around Bakhmut is extremely tense. [Russia accuses US of preparing a ‘toxic chemicals’ provocation in Ukraine](https://english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2023/02/28/Russia-accuses-US-of-preparing-a-toxic-chemicals-provocation-in-Ukraine) [Ukraine intel chief sees no signs that China plans to arm Russia](https://english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2023/02/28/Ukraine-intel-chief-sees-so-signs-that-China-plans-to-arm-Russia-) [under pressure in Bakhmut](https://english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2023/02/28/Russia-fights-to-encircle-Ukraine-s-defenders-in-Bakhmut), a nearly-destroyed city in the eastern Donetsk region that Russia has been trying to seize for months.

Kyiv, Feb 28 (EFE).- Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy has warned that the situation in the eastern city of Bakhmut, in the Donetsk region, ...

But we will be able to fully protect the sky when the aviation taboo in relations with our partners is lifted,” Zelenskyy added. “I am grateful to each and every person who is heroically holding this direction and other directions in Donbas.” “Bakhmut direction – the situation is getting more and more difficult.

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy acknowledged Monday that the situation is deteriorating around Bakhmut. Russian forces and private military ...

and redeploy their forces for the counteroffensive and then strike Bakhmut again," he said. But he said it should be watched whether Ukraine decides to send its elite forces into Bakhmut or whether they reserve those forces for a counter-offensive expected in the spring. The Ukrainians launched a counter-offensive of sorts at the weekend that was ultimately rolled back but the point is, they did gain a little bit of momentum and traction," he noted. Still, Russian officials continue to claim that their forces are encircling and even entering the city. She said Russia was employing the tactics of "exhaustion and total destruction" but said that Russian forces were experiencing significant losses, losing between 600 to 1,000 people daily, she claimed. The most difficult situation remains in the Bakhmut direction."

Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal says the country's budget deficit this year is expected to amount to $38 billion, but that the US is committing to ...

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KYIV (UKRAINE) - Ukraine said Tuesday its troops were under pressure in the near-destroyed frontline city of Bakhmut, where Russian forces were launching ...

"But they have smart people there, people who know how to fight. "The tactics of the assault detachment additionally suggest that the Russian military may be attempting to institutionalise tactics used to marginal tactical effect by the Wagner Group in Bakhmut." Zelensky has said Ukraine would fight for the fortress city as long as it can, and has for months urged weapons deliveries from allies to help Ukraine take back territory lost in the Donetsk region. "Despite taking significant losses, the enemy has dispatched its best-trained Wagner assault units to try to break through the defences of our troops and surround the city," Syrskyi said, referring to the Russian paramilitary group. As combat raged, NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said the priority for Ukraine was to fight off Russia's invasion with allies' backing and that in the "long-term" the nation would join the alliance. KYIV: Ukraine said Tuesday its troops were under pressure in the near-destroyed frontline city of Bakhmut, where Russian forces were launching heavy assaults after months of fighting.

Ukrainian military reports Moscow sending 'best trained' Wagner Group troops to conquer eastern industrial city, but invaders' advance remains slow in war's ...

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Russian forces have been trying to capture the eastern city of Bakhmut for over six months.

[Speaking to CNN](https://edition.cnn.com/europe/live-news/russia-ukraine-war-news-02-27-23/h_587a217754bbc17333e5fc0c17446a9c), Ms Yellen added that while Russia's economy had not yet buckled under the vast sanctions imposed on Russia by Western powers, she expected it to grow weaker over time. "And we have been very clear with the Chinese government and have made clear to Chinese firms and financial institutions that the consequences of violating those sanctions would be very severe." "We have been extremely clear that we will not tolerate systematic violations by any country of the sanctions that we have put in place that are intended to deprive Russia of access to military equipment to wage this war," she said. "Despite significant losses, the enemy threw in the most prepared assault units of Wagner, who are trying to break through the defences of our troops and surround the city," Gen Syrskyi said. The situation in the city of Bakhmut, on the eastern frontline, is becoming "more and more difficult", Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has said. Some of the fiercest fighting to take place since Russia invaded Ukraine just over a year ago has taken place in Bakhmut, in Ukraine's Donetsk region, part of which is under the control of Russia and its separatist allies.

Ukrainian soldiers who have been holding off a Russian offensive around the city describe intense fighting.

For most of last year he fought in Zaporizhzhia province in the south. And the place no longer exists.” It had become another Mariupol, the once flourishing city on the Sea of Azov, pulverised last spring by Russian bombs, he said. He was based in the village of Pisky, close to Donetsk’s ruined airport. He described the battle for Bakhmut as relentless and intense: the hottest and most dangerous place on a 600-mile long frontline. The Russians have a lot of artillery. They cite logistical difficulties and a lack of Russian infantry. There are destroyed vehicles and a clip of a wounded serviceman. In January they took the nearby town of Soledar. According to Ukrainian intelligence, Russia’s president has ordered his military to seize all of Donetsk and Luhansk provinces by the end of March. But we can’t see who they are because of the forest,” a soldier says. Further along the same front, Ukrainian soldiers are doggedly defending the town of Bakhmut, once home to 70,000 people. Bendyk and his fellow Ukrainian soldiers have been holding off a surging Russian offensive west of Kreminna, a city that Moscow captured last year.

Ukraine said Tuesday its troops were under pressure in the near-destroyed frontline city of Bakhmut, where Russian forces were launching heavy assaults ...

"The intensity of the fighting is only increasing." China has strenuously denied the claims. There were no casualties or damage on the ground, he said. "My apartment is right over there. "But they have smart people there, people who know how to fight... "The most difficult, as before, is Bakhmut...

BAKHMUT, Ukraine: In the basement of a residential building in Bakhmut, a soldier who goes by the call sign "Fox" said he did not know how much longer he ...

But we are in good spirits," said a mortar gunner with the call sign "Kai", grinning broadly. People who know how to fight," he said. "They think, they learn, the same way we do." Last year Fox sustained an injury and could no longer serve in the infantry. Bakhmut is now standing at "a huge cost", the soldier said. BAKHMUT, Ukraine: In the basement of a residential building in Bakhmut, a soldier who goes by the call sign "Fox" said he did not know how much longer he and his comrades could hold out in the Ukrainian frontline city.

Ukraine said Tuesday its troops were under mounting pressure in the battered frontline city of Bakhmut in the industrial east, a key prize for the Kremlin ...

"The intensity of the fighting is only increasing." China has strenuously denied the claims. There were no casualties or damage on the ground, he said. "My apartment is right over there. "But they have smart people there, people who know how to fight... "The most difficult, as before, is Bakhmut...

Ukrainian officials are signaling that the besieged eastern city of Bakhmut may soon be impossible to defend as Russian troops level the area.

Taking Bakhmut, the scene of some of the war's bloodiest battles, would be Russia's first major prize in more than six months.

“So you may see small portions of territory change hands in the coming weeks and months. The city is on fire, the enemy is pressing. Russia’s state-run RIA news agency released a video clip it said showed Russian Su-25 fighter jets roaring over Bakhmut. An unnamed soldier from Ukraine’s 93rd Separate Mechanised Brigade, speaking on the Telegram messaging app as explosions boomed in the background, struck a defiant note: “February 28, the town of Bakhmut. It said the drones were brought down by electronic warfare assets, adding that one of them crashed into a field and another diverted from its flight path and missed an infrastructure facility it was supposed to attack. Some Russian war bloggers described the raids as a possible rehearsal for a bigger, more ambitious attack. Authorities closed the airspace over St Petersburg in response to what some reports said was a drone. Also on Tuesday, the authorities reported that airspace around St. Last year, Russian authorities repeatedly reported shooting down Ukrainian drones over annexed Crimea. Russia hawks called for a strong retaliation. Russia’s Emergency Ministry said in an online statement that the announcement was a hoax “resulting from a hacking of the servers of radio stations and TV channels in some regions of the country.” Petersburg, Russia’s second-largest city, was temporarily closed, halting all departures and arrivals at the city’s main airport, Pulkovo.

Russian forces are pressing their offensive in eastern Ukraine as they attempt to encircle the small mining city of Bakhmut.

“The southern part of Bakhmut is the only area which can be described as under Ukrainian control. There was no immediate US response. In all other districts, the situation is unpredictable,” he said in a video commentary, adding: “It is impossible to say where the front line lies.” “Over the past day, our soldiers repelled more than 60 enemy attacks,” the military said early on Tuesday referring to Bakhmut and nearby eastern areas, adding that Ukrainian forces repelled Russian attacks on the villages of Yadhidne and Berkhivka, on the northern approaches to Bakhmut. That would give Russia its first major prize in more than half a year and open the way to the capture of the last remaining urban centres in the Donetsk region. Russian forces are pressing their offensive in eastern Ukraine as they attempt to encircle the small mining city of Bakhmut, the scene of the toughest fighting in battlefields saturated by rain and an early spring thaw.

Russia's offensive in the east is increasingly zeroing in on the city of Bakhmut, the Ukrainian military said on February 28, with President Volodymyr ...

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As Putin asked the FSB to bolster security, Moscow said it is open to peace talks, but will not give up annexed regions.

“So you may see small portions of territory change hands in the coming weeks and months. The Kremlin has said Moscow is open to peace talks, but it is not willing to give up the four annexed regions. Russia will never be able to compromise on this, these are important realities,” Peskov told reporters.