2023-04-16 23:19:00
Wagner’s mercenaries have captured two more blocks of Bahmut
Russia said on Sunday that Wagner mercenary units had captured two more blocks in the eastern Ukrainian town of Bahmut, the target of a major offensive by Moscow.
Wagner spearheaded Russia’s bid to capture Bahmut since last summer in what was the longest and deadliest battle of the war for both sides.
The Russian Defense Ministry said Wagner’s assault teams captured two blocks in the northwest and southeast of Bahmut, which was largely destroyed in the fighting.
Serhiy Cherevatyi, the spokesman for the military command in eastern Ukraine, said that Wagner’s troops are acting like a battering ram and attacking dozens of times a day.
“The enemy continued to attack our positions with satanic zeal,” he told the Ukrainian parliament television channel.
Russia is trying to deport Ukrainian children from the occupied Zaporozhye region, an official claims
Russian forces are trying to separate children from their families in occupied southeastern Ukraine in an attempt to “intimidate people,” a Ukrainian military spokesman said Sunday.
The official’s warning, Oleksii Dmytrashkivskyi, on Ukrainian national television, echoed the claims of local Telegram groups in Enerhodar, a town in the occupied Zaporozhye region.
Users have shared unverified reports of children being deported to Russian-occupied Crimea, using Zaporozhye nuclear power plant buses as a means of transport.
Ukraine shot down a fighter jet, while Russia launches constant attacks on the eastern front
The Russian military continues to launch heavy attacks on Ukrainian cities and positions in the eastern part of the country, according to new information provided by a Ukrainian military spokesman.
The area between Lyman and Kupyansk, which was recaptured by Ukrainian forces six months ago and constitutes the northernmost part of the front line, is under the most intense gunfire, with 300-400 attacks per day, he said. for CNN Serhii Cherevatyi, from the Eastern Group of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Ukrainian paratroopers shot down a Russian Su-35 over the nearby town of Chervonopopivka, Cherevatyi said.
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