Ukrainian troops are engaged in “fierce” battles with Russian troops trying to seize power. Bugledarin its southwestern part Donetskin Eastern Ukrainewhere fighting continues to escalate.

“Soon, Bugledar this could be another very big success for us,” said the Dennis Pussinappointed by Moscow as the head of his district Donetsk.

Both sides have declared “victory”, but, according to Kyiv, the struggle for the city continues.

Representative of the Ukrainian army in the eastern sector Sergey Cherevati confirmed that there was a “fierce battle”, assured that the Russians were repulsed.

In this mining town, 150 kilometers from Bahamutwhich had a population of 15,000 before the Russian invasion, “barbaric” fighting continues, and Russian troops “have established themselves in the southeastern and eastern parts of the city,” a U.S. official said. pro-Russian authorities in the region Donetsk, Jan Gagin.

The “encirclement and future liberation” of this community will allow “to change the balance of forces at the front” and pave the way for an offensive in the direction Pokrovsk and Kurakhovfurther north, according to G. Pussin.

Ukrainian authorities said this week that Russian forces, which have a numerical advantage, have intensified their attacks in the eastern part of the country, especially in cities Bugledar and Bahamut — the latter has been in the spotlight for several months.

“Towards another Russian attack” February 24.

The Russian side is preparing to strike again on February 24, the anniversary of the invasion, the report said. Alexei Danilovsecretary of the Council of Defense and National Security of Ukraine, adding that it was “not a secret.”

According to the American Institute for the Study of War, Russia is seeking to “disperse” Ukrainian forces in order to create “the conditions for a decisive offensive operation.”

The Russian armed forces and the people of the Russian private military company Wagner recently occupied solenarnorth of Bahamut.

“The Russians are advancing, we are constantly shooting day and night, they are trying to find weak spots in our defense,” he told AFP. Yuri, Ukrainian Soldier, 44, in a trench Bahamut.

Also in the east of Ukraine, in Hours YarAccording to local authorities, as a result of the shelling of Russian artillery, two people were killed and at least five others were injured. Further north, on the periphery Kharkovtwo more people died when the village was rammed Dvoritsnasaid the Ukrainian president.

Her city Peninsula according to the same source, he was also fired upon by Russian shells.

Russia has mobilized hundreds of thousands of reservists and is now trying to break through the Ukrainian defense line and capture the rest. Donbassa vast industrial zone in the east of Ukraine.

Zelensky calls for long-range missiles

In this context, Ukrainian chairman Vladimir Zelensky he praised Poland’s decision to send his country another 60 tanks, including an upgraded version of the Soviet-designed T-72, in addition to the 14 Leopard 2 tanks already promised by Warsaw to Kyiv.

At the same time, the Belgian government undertook to provide Ukraine with funding for the purchase of missiles, machine guns, ammunition, and armored vehicles.

As for the Ukrainian Air Force, they decided yesterday that the US-made F-16 is “probably the best candidate” to be their primary fighter, a spokesman said. Yuri Ignat.

OUR Ukrainian the president is asking the West for long-range fighters and missiles, which the West still refuses to provide him with.

For its part, the European Union yesterday decided to extend for another six months the sanctions it imposed on Russia when it annexed the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea in 2014, and is preparing new measures against Moscow.

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