Ukrainian general says it is using opportunity to kill as many Russian troops as possible and wear down its reserves
Fierce fighting is raging for control of the centre of Bakhmut in eastern, forces from both sides of the conflict have said, as casualties continue to mount in the longest and bloodiest battle of Russia’s war.
Ukraine insists there is a strategy behind continuing the fight for Bakhmut. The head of Ukraine’s ground forces, Gen Oleksandr Syrskyi, said on Sunday that it was using the defence of Bakhmut to buy time until Ukraine is able to carry out an anticipated spring offensive. Syrskyi also said Ukraine was using the opportunity to kill as many Russian troops as possible and wear down its reserves.
Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, claimed on Sunday that there had been more than 1,100 deaths of Russian forces in the past few days, while Russia’s ministry of defence claimed it had killed 220 Ukrainian soldiers in the last 24 hours. The Guardian could not verify the figures put forward by either side.
Syrskyi said on Monday that Russia’s Wagner mercenary force, which has been leading the offensive, was advancing in several directions and trying to break through to the city’s centre. He said Ukrainian soldiers were maintaining their defensive lines.on Telegram. Syrskyi said Ukrainian troops were inflicting “significant losses” on Russia and that their attempts to take Bakhmut city centre had been “repelled by artillery, tanks, and other firepower”.
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