Since June, the start of our counter-offensive, we have already liberated 47 square kilometers of territory near Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine, of which 3 square kilometers in the past week, Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Malar said on September 4, quoted by the government. Telegram channel Military Media Center.
Last week it was very hot in the area of Klyshchiivka, Kurdyumivka and Ozaryanivka, south of Bakhmut
Malar announced.
On August 21, the deputy minister reported that the territorial gain at Bakhmut was about 43 square kilometers. A day later, the US newspaper New York Times reported that commanders from the US and Britain proposed on the Ukrainian side to deprioritize the Bakhmut operation in favor of strategically more important activities in the region’s Zaporizhia region. south of the country.
The Battle of Bakmut
The Battle of Bakhmut is the longest and bloodiest clash in the Russian war against Ukraine and will last from August 2022. On May 20 of this year, the Russian mercenary Wagner Group announced that it had taken control of Bakhmut.
Since June, the Ukrainian army has regularly reported on the successes of local counter-offensive operations, especially in the areas north and southwest of the city. Military analysts emphasize that the purpose of these activities is, among other things, to take over the hills, from which it will be possible to fire on the aggressor’s troops located in the destroyed city.
US President Joe Biden announced on May 21 that Russian troops had lost about 100,000 people in Bakhmut. soldiers.
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Source: wPolityce