2023-05-11 07:47:27
According to their own statements, Ukrainian units have again made major gains in the hard-fought area of Bakhmut. With a view to Berlin, the Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kuleba called for significantly more weapons.
According to its own statements, the Ukrainian army pushed back the Russian troops in some places near Bakhmut. “We are conducting effective counterattacks there,” Ukrainian army commander Olexander Syrskyj said on Telegram. On some front sections of the city in eastern Ukraine, which has been heavily fought over for months, Russian troops have retreated by up to two kilometers. According to Syrskyj’s account, the Wagner combat units deployed at Bachmut were replaced in some sections by regular Russian army units. These less well-trained units have now been defeated, said Syrskyj. However, the battle for Bakhmut continues. The information provided by the Ukrainian military about their successes could not initially be independently verified.
Wagner boss Prigozhin: “meat grinder”
The Russian mercenary group Wagner is apparently getting more and more under pressure, as their boss Yevgeny Prigozhin admitted. His fighters are in acute danger of being encircled. “Given the lack of ammunition, the ‘meat grinder’ now threatens to rotate in the opposite direction,” Prigozhin wrote on Telegram. Due to high losses, Wagner had to leave flank protection to regular units of the Russian army, which, according to reports from the Ukrainian military, were clearly pushed back. “There is now a serious danger of Wagner being encircled by the collapse of the flanks,” wrote Prigozhin. “And the flanks are already cracked and crumbling.”
conflicting parties as a source
Information on the course of the war, shelling and casualties provided by official bodies of the Russian and Ukrainian conflict parties cannot be directly checked by an independent body in the current situation.
Ukrainian foreign minister calls for more weapons
Meanwhile, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba warned against overly high expectations of the Ukrainian army’s expected spring offensive. “Don’t think of this counter-offensive as the last, because we don’t know what will come of it,” he told the “Bild” newspaper. Only if this offensive succeeds in liberating the areas occupied by Russia will it be the last. “But if not, that means we have to prepare for the next counter-offensive.”
Kuleba emphasized that Ukraine needs significantly more armaments for its fight against the Russian occupying forces. “Because to win the war you need guns, guns and more guns,” he said. Much depends on Germany, which, with the armaments group Rheinmetall, has “a kind of titan of the armaments industry in Europe and probably in the world”.
In addition to ammunition, tanks and anti-aircraft systems, Ukraine primarily needs combat aircraft. He relies on help from Berlin. Unlike the “Leopard” tanks, the decision here does not lie with Germany, but with the USA. “What we want from Germany is to play an active role in building a coalition of countries: who will persuade the United States to push the green button?” Germany could do a lot here.
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