The enemy sends reserves to Bakhmut, but the initiative behind us - the Speaker of the Armed Forces (video)

The Defense Forces of Ukraine act as carefully as possible and try to keep the personnel during the offensive in the Donetsk region. Russia sends reserves to Bakhmut and tries not to lose the city, but the initiative for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. This was reported by Sergey Cherevaty, a spokesman for the East Group of the Armed Forces on the air of a telecommunication. Defense forces act as carefully as possible and try to keep the personnel.

In the frontal attacks, our troops do not go, because they keep forces. "It's a gift for the enemy," Cherevaty said. The Russians regularly transfer reserves in the Bakhmut area. Nevertheless, invaders cannot change the situation, as the Ukrainian defense forces have been holding the initiative for several weeks in a row. "We release hundreds of meters every day, and every week - kilometers," he said. The speaker added that the enemy fired at the Armed Forces of Ukraine 451 times.

The Russians also actively use aviation. Also, Ukrainian troops destroyed three tanks of the Russian Federation, two infantry fighting vehicles, a self-propelled artillery installation, two howitsa D-30. In addition, the field composition with ammunition and anti -tank rocket complex were eliminated. We will remind, on July 12 the Armed Forces reported success in 2 directions in the Bakhmut area.

In the Bakhmut direction, the forces of defense inflict fire damage to artillery for the enemy's purposes identified and carry out counter -battering measures. In the directions of the White Gora - Andreevka and White Gora - Kurdyumivka Ukrainian troops had some success. Also, the soldiers of the 28th Brigades of the Armed Forces on July 17 move under hostile fire in the Bakhmut area. Ukrainian troops use small arms and grenade launchers, occurring under the cover of armored vehicles.