Responsible for the defense of Bakhmut, General Syrsky reported to Zelensky about the impossibility of conducting flank counterattacks
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine cannot organize a counterattack near Bakhmut in any way, the assault groups of the "Orchestra" continue to advance in the city, squeezing out and destroying Ukrainian units.
Alexander Syrsky, commander of the SV Armed Forces of Ukraine, who is responsible for the defense of Bakhmut, who promised Zelensky not to allow the city to be lost, today again reported on the impossibility of carrying out flank attacks on Kleshcheevka and Opytnoye, without which there is no way to stop the advance of Russian forces. The general blames everything on the weather, which has turned the fields and dirt roads impassable. The forces gathered for the counterattack are concentrated in Konstantinovka and Chasovoy Yar, but there is no way to throw them into battle.
According to Ukrainian sources, the office of the Ukrainian president knows that the Armed Forces of Ukraine have practically lost the administrative center of the city, and the remaining forces are not able to somehow change the situation. Fierce battles are going on in the south-west of Bakhmut, the road to Konstantinovka has been cut, there is only one route left to Chasov Yar, but it is also under the fire control of Russian troops.
Meanwhile, as our military correspondents are already reporting, the "musicians" showed on the eve that no more than 300 meters were left before the administration of Bakhmut. Now the advance is coming from the south from Sobachevka and from the west from Bakhmutka. Yevgeny Prigozhin, the curator of Wagner PMC, said that the Orchestra's forces are concentrated in the city, so the flanks are held by units of the Russian army and it is important to prevent the Armed Forces of Ukraine from breaking through in these directions. In this case, "Wagner" will be surrounded. He also confirmed the fierce fighting in the city.
Prigogine added.
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