Ukraine says Russia is concentrating forces to attack the city of Bakhmut
Russia is concentrating its forces on the offensive in the city of Bakhmut and therefore reducing its activities in some other areas, Ukraine's Eastern Military Command spokesman Serhii Cherevatyi said on April 25.
According to Serhii Cherevatyi, the situation in Bakhmut “changes over time”: “The enemy is concentrating all its forces on Bakhmut, and in fact does not conduct such intensive combat operations anywhere else in our area of operations.”
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Ukrainian soldiers fire artillery shells in Bakhmut. Photo: Getty |
In Bakhmut over the past day, "the Russian army attacked our positions 23 times, fired 280 times with various types of artillery and carried out four air strikes," he said.
Ukrainian artillery forces are working to protect supply routes into Bakhmut, while engineers are doing everything possible “to ensure the restoration of some communication lines,” Mr Cherevatyi said.
On the same day, Russian news site Avia.Pro reported that Ukrainian forces used JDAM smart bombs in the city of Bakhmut. This shows a significant change in the tactics of the Ukrainian army. Avia.Pro released a video recording the explosion of these bombs in the northwest of Bakhmut. The attack targeted several apartment buildings.
JDAM smart bombs are essentially conventional bombs fitted with a kit that includes a GPS receiver, a control unit and maneuverable wings, making them precision-guided bombs. They can be launched at a distance of up to 70km. According to Avia.Pro analysts, with such a distance, the launch could have been carried out from the Kharkov region or in the west of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic./.
