Russian forces are threatening a key supply route for Ukrainian troops and have 'likely' seized the center of Bakhmut after more than six months of brutal fighting over the town, the U.K. defense ministry has assessed.
Fox News’ Mike Tobin reports on the fight to protect Ukrainian children from Russia’s war on the eastern European nation on ‘Fox News Live.’and have"likely" seized the center of Bakhmut after more than six months of brutal fighting over the town, the U.K. defense ministry said Friday.
Ukrainian soldiers of the Aidar battalion training at an undetermined location in Donetsk oblast, April 4, 2023.Western defense officials have long argued that the town, now largely decimated after months of ground warfare and heavy artillery strikes, hold little value for Russia strategically and has become a symbolic fight for Moscow.
Analysts believe that Ukraine will likely target a vital area in the Zaphorizhzhia region that is strategically necessary to retake Kherson, secure sea lanes in the Black Sea, push northeast into Donetsk and encroach on Russian-occupied Crimea. Fighting within Russia’s ranks and its Wagner mercenary forces have long been reported and have even led to suspected failures by the invading forces in the Donetsk region.
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