kyiv claims to have repelled nearly 100 Russian attacks on Eastern Front in 24 hours

Evgueni Prigojine, the head of the Russian paramilitary group Wagner, said on Saturday that Russian forces had been trying to capture a new advance of his men fighting on the front lines of the city of Bagmouth in eastern Ukraine since the summer. The cost of severe losses.

Meanwhile, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry said on Saturday that Ukrainian forces earlier in the day. “Repelled over 100 enemy attacks” In major war zones.

The British Ministry of Defense announced this on that day“In the last four days”The Wagner Group had “conquered most of the East” of Bakhmout. “Ukrainian forces have taken control of the western part of the city and destroyed the main bridges over the river. [qui la traverse] »He pointed out.

The defenders who carry the Eastern Front on their shoulders are the real heroes.For his part, he invited Oleksandr Chirsky, commander of the Ukrainian ground forces. “necessary” Continued defense of Pakmut against attacks from Moscow. “We need time to build up reserves and launch a counter-offensive, which is not far off.”He said, as quoted by the military’s news service.

“At the beginning of the war, we didn’t have drones. Tasks are more complex and less efficient. But, over the summer, we started getting drones and other equipment. Today we are very efficient.”Pedro, the pilot of one of three MI-8 attack helicopters that attacked a target near Bagmouth, explains to Agence France-Presse.

The Russian military has been trying for weeks to encircle the city, home to about 70,000 people before the conflict, and has succeeded in cutting off several important roads for supplies to Ukrainian soldiers.

Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Olga Stepanychyna agreed in an interview Sunday paper He said « Dev[enait] Complicated (…) Resist and prevent [les forces à Bakhmout] ». “We estimate that the Russian army has already lost 150,000 soldiers in its military offensives on our soil since last year. The human mass of its infantry is a formidable weapon that seems inexplicable in scale and time.she said.