The Ukrainian General Staff reported on Tuesday that Russian forces continued their bombardment of the city of Bakhmut, Solidar and several areas and towns in Donetsk.
Without success, Russian forces are focusing their efforts on capturing the Donetsk region within the administrative borders, authorities said.
The General Staff’s statement confirmed, “Russian forces are continuing their offensive operations towards Bakhmut, Avadiv and Liman in an effort to improve the strategic position on the Kobian side.
On Monday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said his forces were bracing for “new and more serious attacks” on Solidar, near Bakhmut, in the east of the country Moscow has been trying to control for months.
Zelensky explained in his daily speech:
I thank all our soldiers defending Bakhmut and all the warriors of Solidar who are withstanding the new and more intense attacks of the invaders.
Thanks to the recovery of our soldiers in Solidar, we got extra time for Ukraine.
Everything was completely destroyed. All of Solidar’s land is covered with corpses of invaders and crippled by explosions.
Solidar is located in the Donetsk region, 15 kilometers from the city of Bakhmut, which had a population of 70,000 before the war and is now the center of combat.
Earlier on Monday, Ukrainian forces announced that they had repelled an attempt to seize Solidar, but fighting has resumed.
Deputy Defense Minister Ghana Maliar said in a telegram. “After a failed attempt by the enemy to take control of Solidar, the Russians regrouped, restored manpower, moved additional offensive units, changed tactics, and launched attacks.”
She added, “Currently, the enemy has deployed a large number of offensive units with Wagner Group’s best reserves. They are literally trampling over the corpses of their soldiers.”
Russian-backed separatist forces in the Donetsk region said on Monday they had taken control of the town of Pakhmutsky, a few kilometers from Solidar.
What on earth is happening?
A report released by the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on Monday presented details of the results of military operations over the past 24 hours and stated:
Our forces have repulsed Russian attacks in many areas of Lugansk, Soledar, Bakhmut and other areas of Donetsk province.
Ukrainian army downed 3 surveillance drones as well as 3 Russian combat helicopters Ka-52, Mi-24 and Mi-8.
In the last 24 hours, our forces have carried out 17 strikes on the concentration areas of Russian forces and 3 strikes on the sites of anti-aircraft missile systems of the Russian forces.
In the past 24 hours, Russian forces launched 31 airstrikes and 72 missile systems.
There is a threat of Russian air and missile attacks on critical infrastructure across Ukraine.
Russian forces are conducting offensive operations in the Bakhmut, Vdev and Liman regions, and Moscow is trying to improve its strategic position in the Kobyan region.
Russian forces did not stop shelling towns on the right bank of the Dnipro River.
Kherson systems were attacked. Missile by Russian
