(ANSA) - ROME, MARCH 03 - "Intense fighting is taking place in and around the city" of Bakhmut, where Russian forces are deploying their most experienced units.
CNN reports it citing the Ukrainian army.
"The Russian occupiers have sent the most highly trained units of PMC Wagner and other regular units of the Russian army to capture the city. Intense fighting is taking place in and around the city," the army ground forces said, reporting a visit to the front. by the commander of the Eastern Group of Forces, Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskyi.
(HANDLE).