Bakhmut

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 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.

Pressure is mounting on Ukrainian forces as fighting for the eastern frontline city of Bakhmut is getting ever more brutal with Russia losing hundreds of ...

"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...

Russian forces carried out sustained attacks on the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut in their quest for a breakthrough in the year-long war, although one ...

[foreign ministers](/world/ukraine-war-us-china-tensions-dominate-g20-foreign-ministers-meet-2023-02-27/) from around the world will meet in New Delhi on Wednesday and Thursday in the shadow of Russia's war in Ukraine and spiralling U.S.-China tensions. Although most of the Russian attacks were focused on Bakhmut and other towns and villages in Donetsk, the Ukrainian military said Russian forces shelled more than 20 settlements in the northern regions of Chernihiv, Sumy and Kharkiv. Ukrainian military analyst Oleh Zhdanov said Russian forces had driven a wedge between two villages north of Bakhmut, Berkhivka and Yahidne, in their bid to surround the city. official predicted few short-term territorial gains for Russia. Ukrainian aircraft launched three strikes on areas of concentration of Russian forces, the Ukrainian military said in a statement on Tuesday night. March 1 (Reuters) - Russian forces carried out sustained attacks on the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut in their quest for a breakthrough in the year-long war, although one U.S.

Officials in Russia reported several drone attacks overnight Monday and on Tuesday. A drone fell near the village of Gubastovo, around 60 miles from Moscow, but ...

A drone fell near the village of Gubastovo, around 60 miles from Moscow, but caused no damage or injuries, said Moscow regional Gov. Officials in Russia reported several drone attacks overnight Monday and on Tuesday. Ukraine’s officials said conditions for its forces in

Ukrainian service members ride inside an infantry fighting vehicle near the frontline town of Bakhmut, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Donetsk region, ...

Only Turkey and Hungary have not yet given their approvals. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said during a visit to Turkey earlier in February that "the time has come" to ratify both Sweden and Finland as new NATO members. All of NATO's existing members must approve their bids.

Russian forces are pounding the fiercely contested city of Bakhmut, but it is not surrounded, Ukrainian officials said Tuesday.

“The city will be defended until the end, no matter what.” A third soldier speaking alongside Kyivan described the battles in Bakhmut as “hellish,” but added that Ukrainian soldiers were “holding everything.” When it is captured, only one Bakhmut - Kostiantynivka road will remain to supply the city,” the soldier explained.

Ukraine's Zelensky hails progress in restoring energy supply despite months of Russian missile and drone attacks.

But heavy shelling and constant infantry assaults, especially by the [Wagner mercenary group](https://www.wsj.com/articles/wagner-head-draws-back-from-feud-with-russian-military-over-groups-losses-in-ukraine-d3ea4925?mod=article_inline), are putting the city’s defenders under growing pressure, Ukrainian officials have said. [around Bakhmut](https://www.wsj.com/articles/ukraines-forces-endure-increasingly-dire-conditions-in-bakhmut-officials-say-3028911?mod=article_inline) in an effort to surround the eastern Ukrainian city that for months has been the site of the bloodiest fighting in Russia’s slow-moving invasion.

Medics give the first aid to a wounded Ukrainian soldier near Bakhmut, the site of the heaviest battles with the Russian troops, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Monday ...

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Ukraine's military could pull back from the key eastern stronghold of Bakhmut amid a relentless Russian offensive to capture the city.

“Shelling does not stop along the entire front line,” the presidential office said in a regular update. In the country’s easternmost Luhansk province, regional Gov. Aleksandr Bogomaz said in a Telegram post that Russian forces had shot down another Ukrainian drone on Tuesday. Ukraine is waging a defensive war with the aim of de-occupying all its territories," Podolyak wrote on Recent drone footage shows the scale of devastation in the city, while Zelenskyy has described it as “destroyed.” “Our military is obviously going to weigh all of the options.

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

Ukraine's military may decide to pull troops back from the key eastern stronghold of Bakhmut after a bloody, months-long Russian offensive to capture the ...

“Ukraine does not strike on the territory of the Russian Federation. “Shelling does not stop along the entire front line,” the presidential office said in a regular update. “Tens of thousands of Ukrainian soldiers are offering fierce resistance, and the fighting is getting increasingly bloody by day.” Aleksandr Bogomaz said in a Telegram post that Russian forces had shot down another Ukrainian drone on Tuesday. “Our military is obviously going to weigh all of the options. “We’re not going to sacrifice all of our people just for nothing.”

The Ukrainian military might decide to pull troops back from the key stronghold of Bakhmut, an adviser to Ukraine's president said Wednesday as Russia ...

Alexander Rodnyansky said Ukraine's military "would give up strategically Bakhmut" if costs outweighed benefits of holding the city. Live updates.

have also called for reviews of spending on the war.] [Contributing: The Associated Press] "Our counteroffensives will be around the corner," he said. Russia and the United States are discussing the subject of strategic offensive weapons through closed channels, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said Wednesday. The U.S. The city is considered valuable as a gateway to a swath of the Donbas region, and deadly battles have been fought around it for weeks. But now we’re facing this lag and Russia is trying to exploit that time lag for its own benefit.”

A Ukrainian presidential adviser on Tuesday said troops may “strategically pull back” from the town of Bakhmut, the focus of intense and brutal fighting for ...

“So far they’ve held the city, but if need be, they will strategically pull back because we’re not going to sacrifice all of our people just for nothing.” Rodnyansky said Ukraine has placed defenses around Bakhmut, which would slow any Russian advances in the event of a retreat, and that any withdrawal would not hinder a future Ukrainian counterattack. Zelensky has previously said he would not hold onto Bakhmut at any cost, and on Wednesday the president said the town was the “most difficult” for his troops. Prigozhin on Wednesday said Ukrainian forces have not withdrawn from the city and “tens of thousands of Ukrainian soldiers are offering fierce resistance,” A Ukrainian presidential adviser on Tuesday said troops may “strategically pull back” from the town of Bakhmut, the focus of intense and brutal fighting for the past few months. “Our military is obviously going to weigh all of the options,” said Rodnyansky, an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.