Posted on 04/30/2023 4:23:21 AM PDT by Timber Rattler
Ukraine remains in control of a key supply route into Bakhmut, a military spokesperson said on Saturday, as the head of Russia's mercenary Wagner Group threatened to withdraw some of his troops from the eastern city if Moscow did not send more ammunition.
Russian forces have been trying for 10 months to punch their way into the shattered remains of what was once a city of 70,000. Kyiv has pledged to defend Bakhmut, which Russia sees as a stepping stone to attacking other cities.
"For several weeks, the Russians have been talking about seizing the 'road of life,' as well as about constant fire control over it," Serhiy Cherevatyi, a spokesperson for Ukrainian troops in the east, said in an interview with local news website Dzerkalo Tyzhnia.
"Yes, it is really difficult there ... (but) the defence forces have not allowed the Russians to 'cut off' our logistics."
The "road of life" is a vital road between the ruined Bakhmut and the nearby town Chasiv Yar to the west - a distance of just over 17 km (10.56 miles).
Ukraine's top military command said in its daily update on Sunday that its forces had repelled 58 Russian attacks over the past day along the part of frontline stretching from Bakhmut through Avdiivka and on to Maryinka further south in the Donetsk region.
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Yevgeny Prigozhin, founder of Russia's Wagner Group, who has often claimed unverifiable successes, said that his forces have advanced some 100 to 150 metres (109 to 164 yards) in Bakhmut, leaving just under 3 square km of the city in Ukrainian hands.
But he said he lost 94 troops.
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That it might be propaganda and you believe what you want to believe.
That’s how we is interpreting it because the source we is readin’ it from is not reliable.
And if I was on the other side I would attack like hell if my opponent declared he has no ammo. And if I end up losing to that opponent that has no ammo then I was lied to.
What was your prior FR handle ?
I had none.
Sure, Jan.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ex-nato-commander-warns-us-running-low-on-ammo-as-ukraine-war-drags-on/ar-AA1auqhF
Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe James Stavridis warned on Friday that both the United States and Ukraine are running low on ammunition as Russia's war drags on.
Stavridis wrote in a Bloomberg op-ed published on Friday that Russia and Ukraine are experiencing shortages in ammunition, electronic components, precision-guided weapons and cement amidst the war. The shortages could be exacerbated by issues in the global commercial supply chain, which according to Stavridis, are beginning to "manifest."
The issue is getting the ammo to the Wagner group in Bakhmut in the midst of intense fighting.
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