It was blown up by supporters of Ukraine Nord Stream gas pipelineaccording to yesterday’s post The newspaper “New York Times. US officials cited in the report suggested that the saboteurs were Ukrainian or Russian opponents of Putin or a combination of the two, explaining that there was no indication that Ukrainian political and military leadership was involved in the operation. The nature of the information held by US intelligence agencies is unclear, as is how it was obtained or how strong the evidence is. The same officials admit they have no firm conclusions, leaving open the possibility that the operation was carried out by a group with ties to the Ukrainian government or its security services.

Moreover, yesterday, after several days of ominous predictions by Ukrainian and Western officials about the fate of Bakhmut, Vladimir Zelensky announced his decision not to give the city to the Russian army, but to send reinforcements in order to repulse and crush the invaders.

“The military command unanimously supported the decision not to back down,” the Ukrainian president said in a recent video message to his compatriots, adding: “He ordered the chief of the General Staff to find the necessary forces to help our children in Bakhmut.”

Zelenskiy’s risky decision appears to have been fueled by the fierce resistance his troops are putting up and the heavy casualties the Russians—regular army forces and Wagner PMCs—have suffered in recent days. According to the Ukrainian General Staff, over the previous day, Russian losses exceeded all previous ones and reached 1,600 people.

Zelensky ordered to send reinforcements to Bakhmut – Outrage video of the execution of a Ukrainian prisoner.

Moscow is equally determined to do everything to destroy a relatively small city in eastern Ukraine. “The liberation of Artemovsk continues,” Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said yesterday, using the city’s old Soviet name. “The city is an important defense hub for Ukrainian troops throughout the Donbass,” he added.

The head of Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, turned out to be more cautious. “The proverb tells us not to sell the skin of a bear until we kill it,” he commented on social networks, adding that he “never saw Shoigu in Bakhmut.” In the past few days, Prigozhin has accused the Russian Defense Ministry of not supplying his men with the necessary ammunition.

A video posted online of Russians executing an unarmed Ukrainian prisoner in cold blood has sparked outrage in Ukraine. In the 12-second video, a man yells “Glory to Ukraine” before being bombarded with bullets and falling dead, with a voice being heard saying “die dog”. According to the Ukrainian military, the name of the deceased was Tymofiy Sandura, he was taken prisoner during the fighting in the Bakhmut area. In a video message to compatriots, Volodymyr Zelenskyy said: “I want us all to answer together with these words: Long live the hero. Long live Ukraine. We will find his killers.”