Kyiv, March 4. The commander of the Ukrainian army’s special operations forces, Viktor Jorenko, visited the besieged city of Bakhmut to supervise the work of his units, the Special Operations Command (OSS) reported on Saturday.
“Our soldiers are constantly working in extremely harsh conditions and doing everything possible to reduce the number of enemy forces every day,” Jorenko said during the visit, the timing of which was not specified in the statement. ‘OSS.
The OSS units defending Bakhmut and involved in the fighting in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions are “clearly” fulfilling their missions, said Jorenko, who came to “familiarize himself with the situation” in the region and to faced with a number of “emergencies”. problems” related to special operations units.
The commander stressed that a quick and coordinated response to the needs of these units will provide the best result on the battlefield.
The morning report of the Ukrainian army stressed this Saturday that the enemy is concentrating its energies on offensive operations in the regions of Kupyanks, Lyman, Bahkmut, Avdiivka and Shakhtar.
“During the past day, Ukrainian defenders repelled more than 150 enemy attacks against these areas,” the statement said, admitting that “the Russians keep trying to encircle the town of Bakhmut.”
Yesterday, the commander of the ground forces of the Ukrainian army in the east of the country, Oleksandr Syrskyi, visited the city, as it was announced hours after the leader of the Russian mercenary group Wagner, Yevgueni Prigozhin , assured that the city of Donbass is already “practically surrounded”. EFE
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