Russian forces have reportedly made gains near Bakmit in Ukrainian troops face being surrounded by mercenaries fighting for Moscow. The institute for the study of war ISW noted on Friday how Russian sources and military bloggers had said that Wagner Group troops have broken through and Soldear about 11 miles away from the Denett’s Oblast city that has been fought over for months .
Although it was too soon to tell if Soldear had been captured entirely one mill blogger claimed that Russian troops had advanced as far as Krasnopilia which lies around two and a half miles northwest and that the Ukrainian grouping in Bachmann is under threat of encirclement as a result .
However the ISW said in its daily update that it had not yet observed visual information that corroborates these Russian claims . Wagner Group fienancer emphasized it was exclusively his troops who had made these purported gains although talk of the total capture of Soledar was premature he said in a statement on his telegram channel social media channel .
The US think tank also said that Russian officials and mill bloggers have responded negatively to Vladimir Putin January 5th ceasefires announcement which was followed by continuing hostilities . British defense officials said on Saturday that fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces had continued at routine level into the Orthodox Christmas period with some of the fiercest fighting around the town of Cremona in Luhanska Blast .
The hostilities were focused and heavily forested terrain to the west of the town where combat has devolved to dismounted infantry fighting often at short range . Russian forces highly likely view pressure around Cremina as a threat to the right flank of their Bachmann sector and this is important for any future advance to occupy the rest of the danette gallblast .
Mikhail Rasvo Eve the Russian installed governor of the occupied Crimean city of Sevastopol said that the air defenses down a drone in an apparent attack on the port where Russia black sea fleet is based in the early hours of the Saturday . Meanwhile the announcement by the White House of a US weapons package for Kyiv worth 3.75 Billion dollars including Bradly fighting vehicles for the first time has prompted little reaction from Russian officials and war bloggers.
This was because the Kremlin was more concerned with pushing a narrative regarding the impact of western military aid on specific operations in Ukraine rather focusing on any particular weapons systems or redlines the ISW said Ukraine said it was strengthening its force around Bachmann in the eastern Donbass region and repelling constant attacks there by Russian mercenary Group Wagner . Whose leader vowed to capture the area vast underground mines .
Kyiv had set reinforcements to Seoul Dar a small town near Bachman where the situations was particularly difficult Ukrainian officials said . The enemy again made a desperate attempt to storm the city of Soledar from different directions and through the most professional units of the Wagnerites into battle Ukraine military said in s statement .
Eguina Pigason founder of the Wagner mercenary Group has been trying to capture Bakhmut and Soleadar for months at the cost of many lives on both sides . He said on Saturday its significant slay in a network of mines there. Military analysts say the strategic military benefits from Mosocow would be limited .
A US official has said Prigason a powerful ally of Russian president Vladimir Putin is eyeing the salt and gypsum from the mines . President Zelensky said in nightly video remarks on Sunday that Bakhmut and Soledar were holding on despite widespread destruction after months of attacks .
Zelensky made a fresh denunciation of what he called Russia failure to observe a ceasefire and had declared for Russian Orthodox Christmas on Friday and said Saturday . Ukraine never agreed to the ceasefire which he called a Russia excuse to reinforce troops. Both sides accused the other of continuing hostilities throughout the period .
On Sunday Russia set a missile strike on Chromatarsk had killed 600 Ukrainian soldiers but a reuters reporter at the scene found no visible signs of casualties . The Kremlin said it was confident its defense ministry was correct when it said that 600 Ukrainian servicemen had been destroyed in the attack .
Ukrainian military spokesperson Chiravatiya dismissed it as an information operation . As Moscow invasion of Ukraine grinds towards the one-year mark Russia military is under domestic pressure to deliver battlefield successes . The militaries of both Russia and Ukraine have often overstated enemy losses while minimizing their own .
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