Escalation of hostilities occurs in Bakhmut direction - serviceman Syrotiuk
Yurii Syrotiuk, AFU serviceman and soldier-grenadier of the 5th Detached Assault Regiment, says Russian forces are attacking Ukrainian army's advanced positions in the Bakhmut direction
He said this on the air of the Verdict with Serhii Rudenko program on Espreso TV.
“Tonight, in the Bakhmut direction, the Russians used phosphorus ammunition, and enemy warplanes were operating. Now a heavy battle is going on, and the enemies are attacking our forward positions. The invaders used the so-called truce to raise their weapons and start an offensive with new strength. The Russians used frontal attack tactics for half a year. At first, they hoped for their advantage in artillery, armored vehicles, and manpower, which they do not regret. The frontal attack failed and they started using tactics that seem to be successful for themselves,” Syrotiuk noted.
A soldier-grenadier of the Ukrainian Armed Forces recalled how the occupying Russian forces managed to capture Lysychansk.
“Having bypassed the city from the south, cutting off Lysychansk from the Ukrainian group, the Ukrainian army had to retreat in order not to be encircled. Now the enemy is using similar tactics when attacking Bakhmut. Trying to bypass the city from the north of Donetsk region through Soledar and trying to cut off the Kostiantynivka - Bakhmut road from the south, trying to go through the flanks. It is today that we notice the intensification of the Russian offensive along the entire line of the Eastern Front, and it is today that the fighting in the Bakhmut direction has intensified,” Syrotiuk stressed.
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Colonel-General Oleksandr Syrskyi visited the positions of troops defending themselves in the Bakhmut and Soledar areas of the Donetsk region
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Company commander of the Freedom Battalion of Ukraine's National Guard Yevhen Oropai noted that several enemy infantry assaults took place near Bakhmut at night
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Roman Svitan, a military expert and reserve colonel of Ukraine's Armed Forces, noted that the Russian enemy has increased the density of troops in the Soledar direction
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