Yevgeniy Prigozhin, head of the mercenary group Wagner, a key element of the Russian assault on Bakhmut, said the Ukrainian operation was “in full swing” and its forces were attacking his flanks.
KYIV, Ukraine — Russian and Ukrainian forces are engaged in heavy fighting in Bakhmut, the eastern city where Ukrainian soldiers have held out against a months-long assault by the Russian army, officials of both countries said Thursday. But accounts differed on whether it’s the start of Kyiv’s much-anticipated spring counteroffensive.
In an interview published by the BBC and European broadcasters on Thursday, Zelensky said the operation could proceed now “and be successful,” but it would result in “unacceptable” losses for Ukrainian forces. Prigozhin has posted videos railing against the Russian military for allegedly failing to provide him with enough ammunition to accomplish that goal.
The Ukrainian assault “exhausted” Wagner’s mercenaries, Syrsky said, “and forced them to be replaced in certain directions by less well-prepared units of the Russian regular troops, which were defeated and left.”Andriy Biletsky, commander of Ukraine’s 3rd Separate Assault Brigade, said Wednesday that his forces helped defeat units of Russia’s 72nd brigade.
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