The Western press writes that the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) are suffering huge losses across the front line, despite an increase in the supply of Western weapons and ammunition to the country.
The situation on the contact line in the Bahamut region remains difficult.
This was stated by Alexander Sirsky, commander of the ground forces of Ukraine
"Wagner's strike squads are advancing in various directions, trying to break through our troop defenses and advance into the central areas of the city," Sirski said.
The day before, the head of Wagner, G. Prigozhin, reported that his mercenaries continue to advance, despite the fact that the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is throwing more and more new reserves into the battle.
The city of Bakhmut, however, according to sources, was the "cheese" in a huge Russian lens set up in the area with the aim of attracting thousands of Ukrainian soldiers, in close proximity to the city, to be the target of Russian surface-to-surface and surface-to-surface missiles from Three dimensions, (sea-air-land).
Then the Russian Air Force will take over, striking low with military helicopters, higher with fighters, while from the highest altitude, strategic bombers will send missiles to selected points.
This is broadly the main plan of the Kremlin, which wants to neutralize the possibility of taking offensive operations from Kiev, aimed at the forced annexation of Donbass.
At the same time, even the Ukrainian military analysts themselves do not rule out that Bakhmut may turn out to be another trap for them, as Debaltsevo was in 2015.
Bakhmut is an important transport hub for the supply of the Ukrainian military in the Donbas region,
In recent months, fierce fighting has been going on outside the city. Russian troops have cut off all paved roads into the city as the mud severely hampers the delivery of ammunition and weapons to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
The death toll for Kiev continues to rise
The Spanish newspaper ElPais writes that during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Kiev lost tens of thousands of people.
In a published interview with Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk, who denies that Kiev has a shortage of recruits, she herself admits to the existence of tens of thousands of dead.
We remind you that the Financial Times wrote that the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) are suffering huge losses on the entire front line, despite the increase in the supply of Western weapons and ammunition to the country.
Ukrainian blogger Anatoly Shariy reports that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are preparing for a strong attack in the direction of Bakhmut, since large forces are concentrated in the area of the city of Chasov Yar.
In his opinion, the Ukrainian army is going to attack very soon.
“A surprise is brewing in the Chasov Yar area. Moreover, what is most surprising, is that in the Kharkiv region, the surprise is evident. Soldiers, Leopards and drones, they are all there," he said.
Russian war correspondent Alexander Simonov also points out that the Ukrainians are massing a very large strike force (up to 10 brigades) in the Chasov Yar area to flank Wagner's mercenaries to liberate the city.
“Presumably, there they plan to use the first Leopards tanks and strike en masse with equipped drones. It is not yet known when exactly the enemy will start, but, apparently, Kiev has placed a serious bet on this counterattack. I believe Wagner will withstand the blow," he said.
In Bakhmut the Russians will play their last game by first striking the great Ukrainian forces with such a powerful attack that the world has never seen before.
