Ukraine nonetheless in a position to resupply troops in battered Bakhmut, says military

Ukrainian forces outdoors the battered japanese metropolis of Bakhmut are managing to maintain Russian models at bay so ammunition, meals, gear and medicines might be delivered to the defenders.

Kyiv,UPDATED: Mar 19, 2023 07:06 IST

Ukrainian troopers of the Paratroopers’ of eightieth brigade fireplace a mortar shell at a frontline place close to Bakhmut, amid Russia’s assault on Ukraine, in Donetsk area, Ukraine March 16, 2023. (Reuters picture)

By Reuters: Ukrainian forces outdoors the battered japanese metropolis of Bakhmut are managing to maintain Russian models at bay so ammunition, meals, gear and medicines might be delivered to defenders, the military mentioned on Saturday.

And within the newest declare to have inflicted heavy casualties, Kyiv mentioned its troops had killed 193 Russians and injured 199 others through the course of preventing on Friday.

Russia has made the seize of Bakhmut a precedence in its technique to take management of Ukraine’s japanese Donbas industrial area. The metropolis has been largely destroyed in months of preventing, with Russia launching repeated assaults.

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“We are managing to deliver the necessary munitions, food, gear and medicines to Bakhmut. We are also managing to take our wounded out of the city,” army spokesperson Serhiy Cherevaty instructed the ICTV tv channel.

He mentioned Ukrainian scouts and counter-artillery fireplace have been serving to maintain open some roads into town. As properly as inflicting heavy casualties, pro-Kyiv forces shot down two Russian drones and destroyed 5 enemy ammunition depots on Friday, he added.

Reuters was unable to independently confirm the claims. Last Sunday, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy mentioned Russian forces suffered greater than 1,100 useless in lower than per week of battles in and round Bakhmut.

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Mar 19, 2023