Cherevaty: The aggressor is beginning to realize that the initiative in the area of Bakhmut is passing to Ukraine

Over the past day, Ukrainian troops fighting for Bakhmut managed to advance up to 500 meters. This was reported by the official representative of the Eastern Task Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Serhiy Cherevaty.

Source. This was reported by the BBC.

This means that in one day, the Ukrainian Armed Forces were able to advance to a distance that roughly corresponds to what the mercenaries of the Wagner group, who are storming Bakhmut, managed to overcome in a few weeks and at the cost of huge losses.

According to a representative of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Command, the aggressor is beginning to realize that the initiative in the Bakhmut area is gradually shifting to Ukraine.

"Despite not having a large number of reserves, no superiority in equipment and personnel over the enemy, we are still beating them, conducting a successful defensive operation and occasionally attacking the enemy on the flanks," said Serhiy Cherevaty.

The representative of the Eastern Task Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces also said that over the past day, the enemy fired 456 times at the Ukrainian military positions near Bakhmut using various calibers and types of artillery and MLRS. According to him, this confirms that there is no question of any "ammunition hunger" among the russians.

He confirmed the words of the Land Forces Commander Oleksandr Syrskyi that the militants of the Wagner mercenary group "got into Bakhmut like rats into a mousetrap."

According to him, they realize that they can't change anything, but they are still trying to take the city.

Background. Earlier, Hanna Maliar reported that the Ukrainian Armed Forces had liberated almost 20 square kilometers in the Bakhmut sector, although the enemy is "making some progress" in Bakhmut itself.