Ukraine’s armed forces claim to have repelled Russian attacks on south-eastern city; Russia building a water pipeline into Donbas region, officials say
Ukraine’s armed forces claim to have repelled Russian attacks on the southeastern city ofwhile Russia claims its troops have advanced 2km to the west in four days along the frontline inState media cited Russia’s defence ministry as announcing the “active offensive of the troops of the central military district” but gave no details as to which part of the frontline, encompassing several Ukrainian regions in the country’s south and east, has moved.
, on the northern edge of the embattled city of Bakhmut in Ukraine’s Donetsk region. He published a short video, apparently showing Wagner fighters next to the entrance sign to the village. The Guardian could not independently verify that the village had been taken. , with the fiercest battles raging for the cities of Vuhledar and Maryinka, Kyiv’s top military commander said on Saturday. Valerii Zaluzhnyi, commander-in-chief of Ukraine’s armed forces, said Russia was carrying out 50 attacks a day in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region.
, according to a defence intelligence update from the UK ministry of defence. “Lack of trained personnel, coordination, and resources across the front” are among the factors that led to the sudden spike in Russia’s casualties, according to the report. “The mean average for the last seven days was 824 casualties a day, over four times the rate reported over June-July 2022.”
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