Amid conflicting news about Bakhmut, the Russian Wagner Group announced today (Sunday) that it had made new progress in the city, while Kiev provided different information about the course of the battles. The founder of the Wagner company, Yevgeny Prigozhin, said that his forces had advanced 500 meters in the city of Bakhmut, “and only 1.5 square kilometers remained under the control of the Ukrainians.” He added that his forces filled the void left by the retreat of the Russian forces in the northern wing of the city.
However, Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar reported that Ukrainian forces are gradually advancing in two directions on the outskirts of Bakhmut. And the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that the Ukrainian Air Force had bombed a factory in Lugansk with British-made missiles. She said that the Ukrainian army continues to destroy the Russian forces, and managed to capture many fighters, according to her.
And it considered that the Russian forces are unable to control the city of Bakhmut, noting that it is difficult to accurately calculate the areas in which the Ukrainian forces were able to achieve progress due to the continuation of combat operations there.
And while the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that the Ukrainian Air Force had bombed a factory in Luhansk with British-made missiles, the Ukrainian Air Force stated that it had intercepted and destroyed three missiles and 25 drones during the night, in the latest air attack on Ukraine since the beginning of the month. In a statement, it said that Russia attacked Ukraine from various directions with Shahed attack drones and Kalibr missiles from ships in the Black Sea (and) cruise missiles from Tu-95 strategic aircraft.
Air warning sirens sounded in the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, and other Ukrainian provinces, declaring a state of alert for air strikes throughout Ukraine.
According to the data of the electronic map of the Ukrainian Ministry of Digital Transformation, air warning sirens were heard in the city of Kiev, and 12 other Ukrainian provinces, declaring a state of alert for air strikes throughout the country.
Ukrainian media reported that explosions were heard in Sumy province, Ukraine, and Kherson, in the part controlled by Kiev.
And Russian press sources revealed that the Russian Air Force had suffered a painful blow near the Ukrainian border, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky urged an African country to help implement the Kiev peace plan to end the war with Russia. And the Russian newspaper “Kommersant” reported that two fighter planes and two helicopters of the Russian Air Force were shot down yesterday (Saturday) near the Ukrainian border, confirming that all the crews were killed.
And it talked about the shooting down of two Sukhoi-34 and Sukhoi-35 fighters, and two Mi-8 helicopters, almost simultaneously, in an ambush in the Russian Bryansk region bordering Ukraine.
