"The Russians will not work out" - General of the Armed Forces Syrsky about Bakhmut Fighting (Video)

According to the commander of the Land Forces of Ukraine Alexander Syrsky, the Russians are not fighting quality, but by quantity. The invaders do not appreciate human life, so they use poorly prepared Zecs. Commander of the Land Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Colonel-General Alexander Sirsky visited units in the leading positions of the front in the Bakhmut area. About it on Thursday, February 9, the press service of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces reports.

Turning to Ukrainian defenders, Sirsky noted that Bakhmut is now "all efforts of the enemy. " "We must show that they [occupiers] are not able to [capture the city], despite their number and weapons, that they are fighting there not by quality but by quantity. For them human life is not worth nothing, so they use these zones . We must show that our armed forces, despite the fact that we are now defending, are ready to repel any enemy, "Syrsky said.

As focus wrote earlier, the Ukrainian serviceman with the call sign "Kiev" told about the great losses of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation on the Bakhmut-Soledar line. According to him, the Russians attempts to sell Ukrainian positions to feel the weaknesses and break through the defense. To do this, infantry is thrown into the battle with the support of artillery and tanks. The enemy uses both small offensive groups and entire units.

On February 8, it was reported that the fighters of the 241st Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine published a video during the fighting in the private sector in the outskirts of Bakhmut using the RTB-7ma thermobaric grenade, which was not been publicly reported before.

Also on February 8, the General Staff of the Armed Forces reported fights in the area of ​​the settlements of Orikhovo-Vasylivka, Dubovo-Vasylivka and the times of Yar, where the enemy tried to take control of two key routes that take place nearby.

Earlier, on February 7, the head of Donetsk Ova Alexander Kyrylenko suggested that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation could capture Bakhmut and reported that the management was considering different options, including the withdrawal of Ukrainian defenders from Bakhmut. We will remind, on February 7, General Alexander Sirsky told that the Bakhmut district and the city itself were prepared for defense in a timely manner.