kyiv, 10 apr. The commander of the Ukrainian ground forces, Oleksandr Syrsky, affirmed today after visiting the Bakhmut front on Sunday that the Russian forces that try to take the city completely have gone on to apply “scorched earth tactics” like the ones Russia used in Syria. .
“The enemy has switched to the so-called Syrian scorched-earth tactics – destroying (Ukrainian) buildings and positions with airstrikes and artillery fire,” Syrksy was quoted as saying by the official Ukrainian army Telegram channel.
The Ukrainian military also stated that the troops that continue to resist in the part of Bakhmut that Kiev still controls “are exhausting the Wagnerites (mercenaries from the Russian Wagner mercenary group)” and have forced Russia to deploy special forces and airborne assault forces. in the zone.
“The fighting is fierce on both sides,” Syrsky said, adding that “the situation (in Bakhmut) is difficult, but it is under control.”
Both Russia and Ukraine have deployed special forces in Bakhmut, a town in eastern Ukraine that Russia has been trying to take since the summer with the aim of advancing towards its goal of conquering the entire Donbas region of Ukraine. EFE
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