Ukrainian president says his forces are repelling constant attacks on the frontline city as Russian forces try to advance
, Ukrainian authorities said on Monday, after denyinglaunched seven missile strikes, 31 air strikes and 73 attacks from salvo rocket launchers in the past day, theUkrainian forces repelled attacks on 14 settlements, including Bakhmut, it added.said in nightly video remarks on Sunday.“And even though most of the town has been destroyed by Russian strikes, our soldiers are repelling constant Russian attempts to advance.
“This is an information operation of the Russian defense ministry,” Cherevatyi told Ukrainian broadcaster Suspilne News. Hawkish voices have sought an escalation of the war effort after setbacks such as loss of captured territory and high rates of death and injury.“Let’s talk about ‘fraud’,” wrote one prominent pro-war military blogger on the Telegram messaging app, who posts under the name of Military Informant and who has more than half a million subscribers.
“Instead of the real destruction of the enemy personnel, which would have been a worthy response, an exclusively media operation of retaliation was invented.”
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