{"id":30128,"date":"2023-02-05T12:36:48","date_gmt":"2023-02-05T12:36:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/?p=30128"},"modified":"2023-02-05T12:36:53","modified_gmt":"2023-02-05T12:36:53","slug":"situation-in-east-ukraine-getting-tougher-says-zelensky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/?p=30128","title":{"rendered":"Situation in east Ukraine getting tougher, says Zelensky"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BBC News:   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The situation on Ukraine&#8217;s eastern front lines is getting tough, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ukrainian troops are facing a very difficult situation in three heavily contested towns in Donetsk &#8211; Bakhmut, Vuhledar and Lyman &#8211; Mr Zelensky said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The UK&#8217;s defence ministry said Ukrainian soldiers are becoming isolated in embattled Bakhmut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The head of Russia&#8217;s notorious Wagner group said there are fierce battles for every street in some areas of the town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Russian forces have been attempting to seize control of Bakhmut for months &#8211; making it the longest battle since Russia invaded Ukraine almost a year ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1024\/cpsprodpb\/02DA\/production\/_128503700_ukraine_russian_control_areas_map2x-nc.png\" alt=\"A BBC graphic showing areas of Russian control\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite the flow of Western weapons to Ukraine, Russia has made gains around the Bakhmut area in recent days, as Russia&#8217;s army throws more and more soldiers into combat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking during his nightly address, President Zelensky said: &#8220;During the 346 days of this war, I often had to say that the situation at the front was tough. And that the situation is getting tougher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Now is that time again. A time when the occupier throws more and more of its forces to break our defences.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The UK&#8217;s Ministry of Defence said Ukrainian forces in Bakhmut are getting increasingly isolated as the Russians continue to make small advances in its attempt to encircle the town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It added that the two main roads into Bakhmut were likely being threatened by direct fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Russia&#8217;s paramilitary mercenary group Wagner have led much of the fighting in the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-europe-64455123\">Russian forces &#8216;learning every day and changing strategy&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The head of the force, Yevgeny Prigozhin, confirmed that there are &#8220;fierce battles for every street, every house, every stairwell&#8221; in northern parts of Bakhmut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Responding to reports that Ukrainian forces had retreated from the town, he said this is not the case and Ukrainian soldiers are &#8220;fighting to the last&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The battles on the front line come as more missiles hit parts of eastern Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the north-eastern city of Kharkiv, five people were wounded after strikes hit civilian buildings in the city, the head of the Kharkiv regional administration Oleg Sinegubov said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Five others were injured in the Donetsk region during rocket attacks, Pavlo Kyrylenko, head of Donetsk&#8217;s regional administration said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Four others were killed in the Donetsk region a day earlier, he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BBC News: The situation on Ukraine&#8217;s eastern front lines is getting tough, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said. Ukrainian troops are facing a very difficult situation in three heavily contested towns in Donetsk &#8211; Bakhmut, Vuhledar and Lyman &#8211; Mr Zelensky said. The UK&#8217;s defence ministry said Ukrainian soldiers are becoming isolated in embattled Bakhmut. The head of Russia&#8217;s notorious Wagner group said there are fierce battles for every street in some areas of the town. Russian forces have been attempting to seize control of Bakhmut for months &#8211; making it the longest battle since Russia invaded Ukraine almost a year&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30129,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-in-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=30128"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30128\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30130,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30128\/revisions\/30130"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/30129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=30128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=30128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=30128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}