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Bakhmut's fighting goes in the city: the enemy has advanced, but the Armed Forces has success - painter (video)

According to the Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine, the protection of Bakhmut allows to reduce the offensive potential of the enemy and destroy the most prepared units of the invaders. Active battles for Bakhmut of Donetsk region occur within the city, the enemy had some progress, but the forces of defense have success in certain areas. On Monday, March 20, the Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine Anna Malyar said on the national telephone.

According to the painter, the defense of Bakhmut allows to reduce the offensive potential of the enemy, reduce the number of personnel and military equipment of the invaders, as well as destroy the most prepared units of the enemy. At the same time, the ministry does not hide that the Armed Forces suffer losses on this section of the front, but the loss of the enemy there is much higher. "During these fights, unfortunately, on our part, there are losses, instead the enemy is much higher.

And the enemy is destroying his most professional units - Wagner units, which are thrown to surround and capture Bakhmut. Today Active battles, including in the city. There was some advancement of the enemy, instead we also have success in certain areas and today the defense of Bakhmut continues. " - said Malyar. In addition, the Deputy Minister noted that today the enemy is actively an active offensive in several directions in the Donbass.

"Today is hot in Bigorivka, in Avdiivka, and in Villagloar, and in Marinka. Since the beginning of January, a full -scale offensive in eastern Ukraine is actually taking place. At the same time, the Armed Forces is very powerful. This is the second month as the hottest battles, as the situation has been critical in Bakhmut. But despite all the forecasts of different experts, the second month in these hot battles is Bakhmut, " - said Malyar.

The Deputy Minister of Defense also commented on the article of the American edition of The Washington Post that the Armed Forces lacking experienced fighters. "It cannot be deny that the invasion was just over 200,000 soldiers, and now - for a million. Such a volume of people to prepare is a certain challenge, tasks that are difficult to handle very quickly. The shopping center is working much better today than at the beginning of the invasion. They are trying to solve all these problems.

They are known. They are not reading about the Washington Post and not from our broadcasts. These problems work with these problems, ”Malyar said. Also, the painter, commenting on the report of the Institute of War (ISW) of March 19, stated that it was too early to talk about the climax of the Russian offensive. "The General Staff has been saying for two months that hot battles have been going on in Bakhmut.

It is possible to say that the culmination will be only after time, because now we are simply in the active dynamics of Bakhmut fighting," the painter summarized. We will remind, on March 20 it became known that the founder of PEC "Wagner" Yevgeny Prigogin appealed to the Minister of Defense of Russia Sergey Shoigi with a request to "prevent cutting off of PEC" Wagner "from the main forces of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation" in the city of Bakhmut of Donetsk region.