The city is constantly under fire.
The head of the Donetsk regional military administration, Pavlo Kyrylenko, said that more than 60 percent of Bakhmut was destroyed as a result of the hostilities. He added that the Ukrainian defenders bravely defend the city and prevent the enemy from advancing.
On the air of the national telethon, Kirylenko emphasized that Bakhmut is under constant shelling. Civilians die as a result of such attacks.
“The enemy has been pushed back to their previous positions, that is, outside the city… Our defenders bravely defend Bakhmut and do not allow the enemy to advance. But, unfortunately, the city itself suffers from this, which is more than 60 percent destroyed. And there is constant shelling Yes , today (January 4 – ed.) as a result of artillery shelling in the city of Bakhmuti, two civilians – two women – died.”
The situation in Bakhmut: details
Bakhmut of the Donetsk region is one of the hottest areas of the front. For several months now, Ukrainian defenders have heroically defended the fortress city and prevented the Russian invaders from capturing it.
The invaders suffer huge losses under Bakhmut. Thus, Volodymyr Nazarenko, deputy commander of the 3rd Battalion “Freedom” as part of the 4th Brigade of the NGU, stated that the losses of the occupiers’ assault groups in that direction amounted to 80%.
At the same time, analysts of the Institute for the Study of War report that the leader of the Wagnerites, Yevgeny Prigozhin, is preparing information conditions to blame the failures at Bakhmut on the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Sergei Shoigu, and the Russian Military Industry. At the same time, the Wagnerites themselves did everything to show the pro-war audience that they were personally responsible for the success in the Bakhmut direction, and not the military personnel of the Russian Federation.
