Ukrainian forces are preparing for a counter-offensive on Sunday, with one of their commanders calling it “necessary“to continue to defend Bakhmout once morest sustained attacks from Moscow, in order to”win time” in anticipation of this action.
Meanwhile, in the current epicenter of the conflict, Bakhmout, Evguéni Prigojine, the boss of the paramilitary group Wagner, claimed a new progression of his men who are fighting there on the front line.
The Russian army is continuing its attacks in other regions at the same time: the authorities have announced that a strike in the morning left at least three dead and two injured in Kherson, a southern city liberated by the Kiev army in November following several months of occupation.
