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A week after the rebellion of the Wagner militia in Russia, the fighting remains intense in the Donbass and in particular in the area of Kramatorsk or Bakhmout. kyiv claims there despite everything some reconquests.
The Ukrainian army says to advance meter by meter in the direction of Bakhmout. Footage from the National Border Guard Service of Ukraine shows ruins which Kiev says house a Russian army encampment targeted by several artillery strikes. According to the Ukrainians, three Russian soldiers were killed there, the others abandoned the position. For 48 hours, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense has been talking about fierce fighting, a fierce battle east of Bakhmout, an area conquered in May by Wagner’s troops.
Slow progress
“In the direction of Bakhmout, Ukrainian soldiers have taken the strategic initiative and are carrying out offensive actions on a wide front,” supports Oleksandr Shtupun, spokesman for the Ukrainian army. Slow progress, especially for a motorized infantry brigade that waits a long time between each shot, hidden in the woods, to aim precisely. These men say they are targeted by Russian retaliations, which shows no sign of collapsing and continues its strikes, especially on Kramatorsk.