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Russian forces try to cut key supply routes in fighting around Bakhmut

 

Russian forces try to cut key supply routes in fighting around Bakhmut.




FILE PHOTO-Founder of Wagner private mercenary group Yevgeny Prigozhin leaves a cemetery before the funeral of Russian military blogger Maxim Fomin widely known by the name of Vladlen Tatarsky, who was recently killed in a bomb attack in a St Petersburg cafe, in Moscow, Russia, April 8, 2023. REUTERS/Yulia Morozova.


April 27 (Reuters) - Russian troops tried on Thursday to sever important supply routes into the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut and thereby put more pressure on defending forces, Ukrainian officers said.

Russian units have been trying for 10 months to punch their way into the shattered remains of what was once a city of 70,000. Kyiv is pledging to defend Bakhmut, which Russia sees as a stepping stone to attack other cities.

"But thanks to constant counter-battery combat ... we can deliver supplies and evacuate our wounded."

Russia's Defence Ministry reported successes against Ukrainian positions in various sectors but made no direct reference to Bakhmut.

Reuters was not able to verify battlefield reports.

Ukrainian military analyst Oleksander Musiyenko said districts were rapidly changing hands in fierce fighting.

"Ukraine is successfully conducting local counter-attacks, making it difficult for the Russians to capture Bakhmut," Musiyenko told Ukrainian NV Radio.

Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of Russia's Wagner mercenary group, which has spearheaded the Bakhmut campaign, said he had been joking earlier when he said his men would suspend artillery fire to allow Ukrainian forces to show the city to U.S. journalists.

Prigozhin, who has publicly lambasted Russia's military establishment over its conduct of the war, is known for his combative style and ironic sense of humor.



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