According to a Ukrainian military spokesman, Ukrainian forces have managed to take control of a vital supply route leading to Bakhmut. Ukrainian bombing has shelled a Russian village east of the border between the two countries, killing at least two people, the governor of Russia’s Realno region told Realno yesterday in the besieged eastern city.
Russian troops have been trying for ten months to fight their way through the rubble to what was once a city of 70,000 people. Kyiv has pledged to defend Bakhmut, which Russia considers a springboard for attacking other cities.
“For several weeks, the Russians have been talking about taking control of the Road of Life, as well as continuing to control the shooting on it,” Serhiy Sherevaty, a spokesman for Ukrainian forces in the east, said in an interview with the publication. local news site.
And he continued: “Yes, it’s really difficult there, because their attempts to control the road continue, in addition to trying to control the shooting. But … the defense forces did not allow the Russians to “cut off” our rear services.
The Road of Life is a vital route between the ruined Bakhmut and the neighboring town of Chasov Yar to the west, just over 17 kilometers away.
On the other hand, the Russian Defense Ministry said that Russian forces had bombed a command and control center for Ukrainian military aviation, as well as an ammunition and equipment depot in the Kherson region. The targeting came a day after a drone attack on the Crimean city of Sevastopol, which was annexed by Russia in 2014, ignited fuel tanks.
“(Russian) artillery units damaged the command and control center for unmanned aircraft of the 124th brigade of the Territorial Defense Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as an ammunition and equipment depot near the city of Kherson, with their fire,” an official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry said yesterday.
