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Defense forces are moving in the Bakhmut direction, but the occupiers apply rese...

"Each meter like 10 kilometers": The Defense Ministry estimated

Defense forces are moving in the Bakhmut direction, but the occupiers apply reserves and try to return the lost. Fighting in the southwestern part continues in the city. The Ukrainian military successfully progress on flanks near Bakhmut, but every meter of liberated land is not easy. This was reported by Anna Malyar, Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine, in the Ether of the Telelorphone. She said that fierce battles continue in the suburbs.

The enemy still does not stop in the effort to fully seize the settlement, but the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to go forward. "Every meter is like 10 kilometers," she explained. According to the painter, at first glance, it may seem that Ukrainian troops have advanced at a small distance, but in the context of the Armed Forces counterattack under Bakhmut it is significant.

The promotion of our units is not easy, as the invaders have decided to concentrate a large number of their forces in this location. "We talked about about 20 square kilometers. And yesterday we named data on both flanks: one at somewhere 500 m, and at the other about 1 km," - said the painter details on the Armed Forces under Bakhmut. Occupation troops are trying to restore lost kilometers. The defenders of Ukraine terminate these attempts. In Bakhmut, battles continue in the southwestern part.

In the morning report of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, it is said that as of 6 o'clock on May 19, the enemy focused not only on the Bakhmut direction. Significant efforts of the occupiers in Liman, Avdiiv and Mariinsky directions have also been recorded. Over the past day, 29 combat clashes occurred in these areas of the front. Heavy battles for Bakhmut are ongoing.