Foreign Wars and conflicts

The movie from Donbass

The video call of the Ukrainian soldier, in the building riddled by artillery

According to the post on social media it would be "a call to the beloved on the front line". Fighting continues in Bakhmut and throughout the region

19/03/2023

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A video on Ukrainian social media shows a soldier, inside a building completely destroyed by artillery, making a video call with his mobile phone: in the background, another soldier looks out of a window without glass, probably towards the enemy. According to the post - spread on a Telegram group in Donbass - it would be "A call to the beloved, on the front line".

Yesterday the Ukrainian army struck 13 concentration areas of Putin's army in the region: so the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in its evening update. The Kiev army specifies that "the Russian Federation continues to conduct offensive operations in the areas of Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka, Marinka and Shakhtar.

Bakhmut remains the epicenter of hostilities, and "without the desired outcome on the battlefield, the Russian Federation uses terrorist tactics against the civilian population - adds the Ukrainian military source - is bombing cities and villages, as well as critical infrastructure facilities, ignoring the norms of international humanitarian law".

Bakhmut "epicenter" of the war
Russia used all its forces in Bakhmut in an attempt to completely encircle the city, said Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskyi, commander of the ground forces of Ukraine. According to Syrskyi, fierce fighting is taking place in Kreminna, Torske, Bilohorivka and Spirne in Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts.

However, Bakhmut remains the "epicenter" of the war. Fighting is ongoing north, east and south of Bakhmut, Syrskyi said. Russian troops are suffering heavy losses and, in some cases, withdrawing without having made significant gains.

The battle of Bakhmut has been raging for seven months, and despite heavy fighting, Ukraine continues to hold the city. Donetst Oblast Governor Pavlo Kyrylenko said two days ago that fewer than 3,000 residents of the pre-war industrial city remained, including 33 children.

Russian troops are also unsuccessfully attempting to break through Ukrainian defenses in the directions of Lyman, Donetsk Oblast, and Kupiansk, Kharkiv Oblast, according to the Ukrainian General Staff's night update, Russia launched 19 airstrikes in the last day and carried out 26 attacks with multiple-launch missile systems. The Ukrainian Air Force carried out six air strikes on areas of concentration of Russian military personnel and weapons, so did the General Staff.