"We are nowhere to go": Russia's hope for the victory of Ukraine is revealed in Bakhmut's Battle - AP

The publication writes that Russia has been firing Bakhmut rockets for over five months. The ground offensive accelerated after the Russian troops were forced to leave the Luhansk region in July. Currently, the collision line runs on the outskirts of the city.

According to journalists, Russia needs a victory in Bakhmut, given that it is losing control of large sections of the northeastern district of Kharkiv through the Ukrainian counter-offensive last month and its situation is deteriorating in Kherson. "Russia is defeated in all directions. . . .

they need an optics of some offensive victory to reassure critics at home and show the Russian public that this war will still be planned," said Samuel Ramani, a researcher at the Royal Institute of Joint Services. According to him, Wagner PEC played a prominent role in the war and in the Bakhmut battle in particular. "We are seeing a situation where Wagner's group effectively brings terror at the locals, but is much less efficiently captivating and holding the territory," he said.

While in the city this week, the Associated Press journalists saw burned cars, destroyed buildings and people fighting for survival among cacophony of continuous shelling. "The people who left moved to stay with their children or siblings. They had anywhere to go. But we have nowhere else to go. That's why we are here," a local resident told reporters. Earlier, Focus reported that the fighters of the special unit "Hort" were killed by the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Wagner PEC.

The special unit reported that the whole group of the enemy was destroyed during combat contact. We will also remind that Zaluzhny named the main tasks that are now facing the Armed Forces. According to the commander -in -chief, the Russians have a greater advantage, but they cannot be successful in the fight against the Armed Forces. It was also reported that the SBU counterintelligence destroyed the newest Russian Reb.