They come with a wide front: the Armed Forces intercepted a strategic initiative under Bakhmut - the General Staff

Deputy Minister of Defense Anna Malyar, for her part, added that in the Bakhmut direction again hot-the enemy tries to charge reserves and keep positions at any cost. The fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine intercepted a strategic initiative in the Bakhmut direction and take offensive actions on a wide area of ​​the front. On June 29, the speaker of the Armed Forces General Staff Andriy Kovalev reported.

According to him, Ukrainian defenders put pressure on the enemy and knock it out from previously captured positions. "On the flanks of Bakhmut, they continue to put pressure on the enemy, knock out from previously captured borders. They are successful, fixed on the limits achieved,"-says the Telegram channel Military Media Center. At the same time, Ukrainian defenders continue to keep defense on the occupied boundaries in the Avdiivsky, Mariinsky and Lyman directions.

"In the Liman, Avdeevsky and Mariinsky directions of defense forces continue to restrain the offensive of Russian troops," Kovalev said. The situation under Bakhmut was commented by the Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine Anna Malyar. According to her, active fighting continues on the flanks, where the enemy tries to counter, throwing reserves, but is forced to retreat after losses. "The struggle continues on the flanks of the city.