Moscow (EFE)
“In Bakhmut the situation is very difficult, the adversary fights for every meter and the closer we get to the city center, the tougher the battles,” Prigozhin was quoted as saying by his press service.
According to him, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are increasingly sending “more reserves” to the town, which the Russians have been seeking to capture since last summer.
At the same time, Prigozhin assured that Wagner’s units “are advancing” in the city, which both parties consider important for the future of the great battle for Donbas.
“We’re making progress and we’re going to keep making progress,” Wagner’s boss said.
Over the weekend, fighters from the paramilitary group reportedly occupied favorable positions in the industrial zone of the Bakhmut AZOM metallurgical plant, according to Andrei Marochko, a representative of the authorities imposed by Russia in Lugansk.
According to Márochko, these positions allow the Russian troops “to control the movements of the enemy, in addition to creating a good beachhead for the future advance of our forces.”
Russia shoots down four missiles over the Belgorod border region
The Russian anti-aircraft defense has shot down four missiles over the Belgorod region, bordering Ukraine, in an alleged Ukrainian attack in which one person was injured, Governor Viacheslav Gladkov reported today.
“Our air defense system worked over Belgorod and the region of the same name. Four missiles were shot down, ”he wrote on his Telegram account.
The Russian region borders Ukraine’s Kharkiv province and has been the target of frequent attacks since the start of the Russian military campaign in Ukraine.
The Russian special services, for their part, have arrested in the Novgorod region, in western Russia, a person suspected of collaborating with Ukrainian intelligence who was trying to convince the Russian mobilized to commit acts of “high treason”. .