It is a hot spot on the front in eastern Ukraine. “Fierce fighting is taking place in the northern districts” of Bakhmout, “for every street, every house, every stairwell”declared Sunday February 5 the leader of the Russian paramilitary group Wagner, Evguéni Prigojine, whose men are on the front line on the spot. “The Ukrainian Armed Forces are not retreating. They are fighting to the last man”, he said. The Ukrainian general staff has for its part confirmed, but without detailing, that fighting and bombardments are continuing in several areas in the east of the country. Follow our live.
The situation “is getting complicated” on the front, according to Volodymyr Zelensky. “During the 346 days of this war, I often said that the situation on the front lines was difficult. And that the situation was getting more complicated”the Ukrainian president said in his daily message on Saturday. “Now we are at such a moment again. A moment when the occupier is increasingly mobilizing its forces to break through our defence. It is very difficult now in Bakhmout, Vougledar, Lyman and other regions”added the Head of State.
Five wounded in Kharkiv. In the country’s second-largest city, authorities on Sunday reported two Russian strikes that injured at least five and damaged residential buildings. Ihe head of the regional military administration, Oleg Sinegubov, posted photos on Telegram of a building with blown windows and a partially collapsed roof.
No attack on Russian territory with Western weapons, assures German Chancellor. There is “consensus” with Volodymyr Zelensky so that the weapons supplied by the West are not used for attacks on Russian territory, assured Sunday Olaf Scholz. In recent days, Ukraine’s allies have taken their military support to a new level by pledging to provide heavy tanks and longer-range rockets.