Russian forces are launching a series of attacks on Bakhmut and other towns in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region, but Ukrainian troops are managing to hold back their advance, officials in Kyiv said on Monday. In a daily report, the general staff of Ukraine’s armed forces said Moscow’s troops had carried out seven missile strikes, 31 airstrikes and 73 attacks from salvo rocket launchers in the past day. It said Ukraine’s forces had succeeded in holding out against attacks on 14 settlements, including Bakhmut, which has become a focus of heavy fighting in past weeks.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has also said that Bakhmut was “holding on despite everything. And even though most of the town has been destroyed by Russian strikes, our soldiers are repelling constant Russian attempts to advance,” he said in a nightly video address on Sunday. Zelenskyy added that Ukrainian forces were also successfully defending the nearby town of Soledar, “even though there is even greater destruction and things are very difficult.” Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar also described the situation of Ukrainian soldiers near Soledar, which is some 14 kilometers (8.7 miles) from Bakhmut, as “difficult” on her Telegram channel on Sunday. She said Russian attacks were being carried out not only by the regular army but by troops from the mercenary Wagner Group. Ukraine must hold on to both the towns to protect Sloviansk and Kramatorsk, two major Donbas cities that are still under Kyiv’s control. The fall of these cities would mean Russia had virtually captured the entire Donbas region, one of the goals Moscow publicly set itself at the beginning of its invasion last February.
In his nightly address, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukrainian troops were withstanding “new and even tougher assaults” on Soledar, near the eastern city of Bakhmut that Moscow has been trying to capture for months. “I thank all our soldiers who protect our Bakhmut,” Zelenskyy said, noting, “All the fighters in Soledar, who are withstanding the new and even tougher assaults from the invaders!” Soledar is located in the Donetsk region, around 15 kilometers (nine miles) from Bakhmut, a city with a pre-war population of 70,000 that is now an epicentre of fighting. “Thanks to the resilience of our soldiers there, in Soledar, we won additional time and forces for Ukraine,” Zelenskyy added. “Everything is completely destroyed,” Zelenskyy said. “The whole land in Soledar is covered with corpses of the invaders and is scarred from the explosions.” Earlier on Monday, the Ukrainian armed forces said they repelled an attempt to seize Soledar, but that fighting resumed.
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Dead point?. Rather the death of 17 Ukrainian battalions………..
This is crime
What happened? You went crickets about Soledar since its fall. Clowns media
Send that old war monger to the front line.
It's the West's fault that Ukraine will lose.
Why are you not telling your viewers that Eastern Ukrainian troops are repelling the Ukrainian government troops in the Eastern Front as well???
we need world suport to ukrain againts russian agresion
God bless Russia. 🙏
All the Best Wishes Ukraine
Win this damd horror WAR
GET UKRAINE ALL THE ARMS THEY NEED FOR DEFENSE AND VICTORY
Why are you biased? Narrate, correctly. Russia will dominate. Ukraine is loosing
Have you seen the movie training day ?
Russians are no one ☝️ to be messed with.
When I used to go to high school, there were approximately 10
Russian young men attending my school, no one messaged with them even though there were only 10 of them guys.
One was 15 but could bench press the whole school seems like lol 😂.
Love ❤️ the Ukrainian people, but don’t treat your enemy as if they are weak.
I believe it makes them more angry 😡 and stronger every time someone tries to disrespect them.
Peace ☮️ to Ukraine 🇺🇦 and Russia 🇷🇺.
Hopefully they can realize that they are family and family does not kill one another for someone else’s gain.
Hopefully all my friends are alive in Ukraine 🇺🇦, but if they died for their land, it won’t make me a sad Man, because I’m a fighter too.
Anyone tried to take an inch from America 🇺🇸 will definitely have millions like myself as their enemies and I will definitely be at the front line defending and dying for our future Generations.
GOD Bless America 🇺🇸, the most beautiful Country on this planet 🌎 😎💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻
if ukranians are invincible ppl then WHY are u dying ?? hahah☠️☠️☠️☠️🦶🏽🦶🏽🦶🏽if ukranians are invincible ppl then WHY are u dying ?? hahah☠️☠️☠️☠️
if ukranians are invincible ppl then WHY are u dying ?? hahah☠️☠️☠️☠️🦶🏽🦶🏽🦶🏽if ukranians are invincible ppl then WHY are u dying ?? hahah☠️☠️☠️☠️
if ukranians are invincible ppl then WHY are u dying ?? hahah☠️☠️☠️☠️🦶🏽🦶🏽🦶🏽if ukranians are invincible ppl then WHY are u dying ?? hahah☠️☠️☠️☠️
Uraaaa 🇷🇺
Wars between Russia and Ukraine is as smashing left hand bye rye t hand
☮️ or no more Ukrainian 😢
Russians the world will never forgive you for your aggression against a sovereign nation and supporting the tyrant Putin.
the indian lady is dripping out of her nose.
Wish I was younger . I’d go fight with Ukrainians . Push the bloody ole Russians out . SLAVA UKRAINE 🇺🇦🇺🇸🇬🇧!!
Ruzzia is a superpower..
Russia can pay the bills for the war, all the west is is doing is more debt! So who is it getting more expensive for?
Putin should start using nuclear weapons against the west, also being ready to use heavy nuclear missiles if the west wants more death it'll get more death in europe and soon in North America 😏
How comes Russia is the only country in Europe that is never invited to join the EU or Nato—why not!!?
Where is the Ghost of Kiev when you need him? 🤡🤡
Ucrania dejará de existir en seis meses
Ukraine is a warrior of great honor an example for the west that our democracy doesnt come free but with blood shed. We must continue to stand with them.
The Ukrainians lines are in danger of breaking, the Russians are slaughtering the Ukrainians, mowing them down in huge numbers, Ukrainian units have been overrun or cut off by repeated Russian attacks??? Don't panic people, but the Russians are winning???
Timmermans should be forced to fight since he believes this stuff. Don't plunge Europe into nuclear armageddon because you're too dumb to understand how escalation works.
Rushiya win this WAR. No doubt. BECAUSE enemy's president COMEDIAN. .
… My friends: I am going away… In a little while you will not see me in flesh and blood… You will see me as I originally was, as spirit, like me except for this material body (Book of Urantia – there will be more)
West can't win the economic war
Chicos ,chicos mi queridos haters proyankis soy yo el "toda Latinoamérica apoya a rusia" les aviso voy a descansar ante las buenas noticias de que cayo soledar y caera kranators tomare un descanso despues les escribire quizas en dos semanas q esten bien.
Haha here we go western media… Soledar & bahkmut isnt important 😂😂🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺😜
West Europe & Ukrainian's soldiers invited to die by Zelen the Clown 🤡‼️
LOL 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
The hobbies of the europeans…. conqueror and destroy
Give the courageous Ukrainians the weapons to DEFEAT the putinazis now!
Sucks to be a Russian, eh? EH?🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡
Russia, Ukraine in bed with the US Military Industrial Complex. This is no war. It's a movie production for them to suck money out of European and American tax payers. I am sure they do scare and kill civilians, so that they can migrate west to tell their stories to the citizens in public forums
Apoyo total a Ucrania.
Desde Chile.
Fuerza y Fortaleza al valiente y heroico Ejército pueblo y Mujeres de Ucrania.
Fuerza y Fortaleza a los valientes y heroicos voluntarios de todo el mundo que luchan por Ucrania.
Grande EEUU y OTAN por su apoyo total a Ucrania.
Más Armas Más Municiones Más Misiles para Ucrania hasta expulsar a todos los Criminales Rusos de todo su Territorio.
Soledar is under Russian control,Bakhmut is fully encircled,what is this clown talking about,$150 billion in aid and he has nothing to show for it except the destruction of his country,puppet president.
Putin is a hero
Go Russia 🇷🇺🇷🇺🇷🇺💪💪💪💪