UkraineMilitary officials said tonight,RussiaThe army had some success in the frontline city of Bakhmut, while the head of the UN’s International Atomic Energy Agency shelved plans to create a safe zone around Ukraine’s main power plant, the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant.
Bakhmut, a mining city in the industrial Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, and surrounding towns have been fighting for 13 months, Archyde.com reported.Russo-Ukrainian WarAttack focus. Both sides suffered heavy casualties, and neither side has yet fully controlled the situation.
The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces said in a routine nightly report: “The enemy made some progress in the attack on Bakhmut, our troops held the city and repelled the enemy. Countless attacks.”
The average daily number of Russian frontline attacks reported by the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has dropped for four consecutive weeks since the beginning of March, from 124 a day from the 1st to the 7th, to only 69 a day in the past 7 days. There were only 57 cases.
West of Bakhmut and near the front line further north, Archyde.com reporters reported a significant drop in Russian firepower last week. Russian officials said their troops were still engaged in street fighting inside the city of Bachemt.
Britain’s Ministry of Defense this week described Russian advances as “insignificant”, and today Mark Milley, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, told lawmakers: “Over the past 20 to 21 days, the Russians have been involved in and around Bakhmut. No progress has been made in the region.”
On the other hand, the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine was occupied by Russian troops at the beginning of the Russo-Ukrainian war a year ago, and attempts to reduce the fighting in surrounding areas have failed.
The head of the United Nations’ International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, revisited Zaporozhia today and said he was shelving plans for a safe zone in order to come up with specific protections acceptable to both Moscow and Kiev.