Ukraine claims to have made new progress on Bakhmut amid ‘heavy fighting’

June 29 () –

The Ukrainian Armed Forces have assured this Thursday that they have made new progress around the city of Bakhmut, located in the province of Donetsk (east), although they have acknowledged that there is “hard fighting” due to the “furious resistance” of the Russian forces.

“Ukrainian soldiers have regained the strategic initiative and are carrying out offensive actions on a broad front,” specified the General Staff of the Ukrainian Army through a message posted on its account on the Facebook social network about the operational situation in the zone.

“On the flanks, near the city of Bakhmut, (Ukrainian forces) continue to press the enemy, knocking out positions previously captured (by Russian troops).” “They have been successful and are anchored in the frontiers achieved,” he stressed.

Along these lines, the commander of the Ukrainian Land Forces, Oleksander Sirski, stated in a message on his Telegram account that the Ukrainian troops “have made progress around Bakhmut.” “We continue. Let’s move forward,” he said.

Likewise, the Ukrainian State Border Service has pointed out in a statement published on its website that it has “neutralized” “a group of infantry” and “an ammunition store” of “the Russian occupying forces”, in the framework of an attack with mortars against “the invaders”.

“Through drone observation, the border guards established the enemy’s order of battle, places of refuge and the movement of their personnel. Having enough data for combat operations, the mortar units began firing to destroy the reconnaissance objects in the stronghold of the enemy forces,” he stressed.

In this way, it has asserted that “the enemy concentration area in this direction was completely covered with mortar shells, as a result of which three occupants died and another four were injured”, before stressing that “ammunition” was also destroyed. of the invaders”.