Ukraine is claiming that Russia has misplaced no less than 130 tanks and armoured workforce carriers in a three-week combat close to the southern Ukrainian the city of Vuhledar.
This photos used to be launched closing week appearing a Russian tank being centered within the house.
The claims have no longer been independently verified. In the interim, what is apparent is that Russian shelling has left a path of destruction within the the city.
Standoff in Bakhmut
In Bakhmut, Ukraine’s Azov warring parties are nonetheless protecting the beleaguered town. Russia is decided to take the town however, with all sides struggling massive losses and Russia no longer gaining a lot floor, its seize can be extra of a symbolic political win for the Kremlin.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his advisers have mentioned that the Ukrainian army is but to make a decision whether or not to withdraw its forces from Bakhmut, including that “we’re not going to sacrifice all of our people just for nothing.”
Residents adapt to life under threat from shelling
As the war grinds on, civilians in Chasiv Yar, a city less than 10km from Bakhmut, are forced to adapt to life under the threat of increased shelling. Many are living in freezing conditions with little to no access to means of keeping warm.
Since October, Russia has been pummelling key facilities in Ukraine with missiles and drones, disrupting millions of people’s water, heating and electricity supplies.
But Kyiv remains optimistic that it has survived the worst of the fighting. Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on Wednesday said Ukraine had overcome “iciness terror” brought against his country by Russian leader Vladimir Putin and hailed the first day of spring as another “main defeat” for the Kremlin.
