Donetsk terrorists reported that the occupying Russian army was successfully advancing on Bakhmut. However, this is only a figment of the imagination of the Russian invaders.
This was told to Channel 24 by a military expert, head of the Center for Military Legal Research Alexander Musienko. According to him, the situation near Bakhmut remains very difficult.
Yan Gagin, adviser to the main terrorist of the pseudo-republic in the Donetsk region, Denis Pushilin, told tales about the situation in Bakhmut on Russian television.
In particular, the militant said that the occupying troops “have long entered the city of Artemovsk from the north side” (this is how the invaders call Bakhmut). In the fantasy of the invaders, they are fighting almost in the center of the city.
Musienko stressed that all the statements of the Russian occupiers and their apostates in the Donetsk region. have nothing to do with reality .
What is really happening at Bakhmut
As a military expert said, a few days ago, the Armed Forces of Ukraine blew up the dam of one of the reservoirs near Bakhmut. After that, our military moved into a local pinpoint counterattack. Musienko noted that this was a deceptive maneuver for the enemy.
Alexander Musienko
Head of the Center for Military Legal Studies
The occupiers thought that this was done to stop their advance and that our forces would generally withdraw from Bakhmut. The Russians pushed their positions forward, especially the Wagnerites. And seriously got in the teeth and suffered losses.
The head of the Center for Military Legal Research stressed that such a maneuver slowed down the advance of Russian troops trying to enter the city from the northeast.
Alexander Musienko spoke about the situation at Bakhmut: watch the video
The Russians are trying to surround Bakhmut
The military expert noted that the situation near Bakhmut is now difficult, but our forces are doing everything to keep the city.
Russian troops and Wagnerites are approaching from almost two sides, trying to encircle Bakhmut himself and cut off communication lines. They tried to do the same in Severodonetsk,” Musienko said.
He added that there was a river in Severodonetsk, that is, a water obstacle. And, perhaps, that is why then the occupiers were able to more easily realize their plans. In the case of Bakhmut, nothing comes of the Russians.
“Our forces are holding the line and repelling attacks,” the military expert stressed.
occupiers wishful thinking
The mouthpieces of the Kremlin also reported that the Russian army already controls all the routes necessary for the rotation and supply of ammunition for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. According to Musienko, this is also not true.
How would our forces then resist? Here is the answer for you, – said the military expert.
Supplying ammunition and other things needed by the Ukrainian defenders is indeed very risky.
“The main roads are really shot through, and there are threats of attacks. Moving and delivering there is carried out with great risks. But the situation is not as difficult as it was in Severodonetsk,” Musienko said.
He added that everything that the Russians and collaborators say is nothing more than “wishful thinking.”
Bakhmut's situation: what is known
- The commander of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Colonel-General Alexander Syrsky, said that the situation in the Bakhmut area is extremely tense. The enemy threw into battle the most trained assault squads in order to break through the defenses of the city.
- Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar said that the situation in Bakhmut is the most difficult along the entire front line. Despite huge losses, the enemy uses the tactics of attrition and complete destruction of territories.
- Military expert, reserve colonel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Roman Svitan noted that behind Bakhmut is Vremya Yar – a kind of fortified area. And as long as he holds on, it makes no sense to leave the city.
