According to a report, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are going on the offensive near Bakhmut. The Russian army is apparently also under attack in Russia.
Munich/Bakhmut - Is this a significant turning point in the Ukraine war? According to its own statements, the Ukrainian army has pushed back Russian forces by up to two kilometers in places on several sections of the front near Bakhmut.
Ukraine war: Russian army probably beaten back by kilometers near Bakhmut
As Welt live reports, an entire Russian brigade was smashed, which made it possible to "advance over a width of three kilometers". According to Western military understanding, a brigade usually has up to 4500 soldiers.
It was unclear on Wednesday evening (10 May) whether the Ukrainian attacks near Bakhmut were part of the announced major offensive. Or whether the Russian troops there will break in after a fierce dispute between the Wagner mercenaries stationed in the Donbass and the Ministry of Defense in Moscow over the lack of ammunition deliveries.
Apparently on the rise: Ukrainian soldiers near Bakhmut. © IMAGO/Mykhaylo Palinchak
Is the Russian front breaking up near Bakhmut? Wagner mercenaries apparently replaced
"We are conducting effective counterattacks there," Ukrainian army commander Oleksandr Syrskyi said on Telegram on Wednesday evening. According to Syrskyi, units of the Russian mercenary force Wagner have been replaced by regular Russian army troops on several sectors of the front. These have now been defeated, Syrskyj declared: "The battle for Bakhmut continues."
It was also unclear on Wednesday evening whether the Russian brigade was the soldiers that Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin had accused of fleeing Bakhmut the day before. The military contractor had specifically accused them of having been knocked out of their positions.
We are conducting effective counterattacks there. The battle for Bakhmut continues.
Oleksandr Syrskyi, Ukrainian army commander on Telegram
Ukraine front near Bakhmut: Are regular Russian troops towering?
"Today, one of the units of the Ministry of Defense fled from one of our flanks," Prigozhin had said on Tuesday (May 9) in a video message posted on Telegram.
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Thus, soldiers of the 72nd brigade allegedly left their positions in Bakhmut, while the Ministry of Defense "instead of fighting, is engaged in intrigue all the time." The 61-year-old also warned of the Ukrainian counteroffensive. The front in Bakhmut is already crumbling on the flanks, he declared: "If there is no ammunition, we will leave our positions."
On the same day, the chairman of the NATO Military Committee, Admiral Rob Bauer, praised the Ukrainian armed forces in the highest tones. "Goliath is tottering. And that's because David, supported by 50 nations from around the world, has shown tremendous resilience and tactical brilliance," Bauer said at a meeting of the transatlantic defense alliance in Brussels, as reported by ntv.
But that's not all: The Ukrainian army is now apparently attacking the troops of Moscow ruler Vladimir Putin, who started the war on February 24, 2022, on the Russian mainland.
Ukraine war: Report - Drone attack on Russian base in Russia
As Welt live reported with reference to local media, two drones are said to have attacked a military training area near the city of Voronezh (around 900,000 inhabitants) not far from the border. Ten Russian soldiers are said to have been injured. In addition, according to the report, there was an act of sabotage on an oil pipeline in northern Russia, which cannot be independently verified. (pm)