The Russia-Ukraine conflict rages on its 415th day.
Ukrainian artillery fires towards the frontline during heavy fighting near Bakhmut on April 13, 2023.
(Reuters)
Friday, April 14, 2023
Russia’s military has pressed on with unrelenting attacks on the smashed eastern
Ukrainian city of Bakhmut and also shelled the southern city of
Kherson, officials in Kiev said as fighting entered its 415th day.
Ukrainian Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Malyar said heavy fighting gripped all parts of the eastern
front. She said pro-Kiev forces repelled attacks in most areas.
“The enemy is using its most professional units there and
resorting to a significant amount of artillery and aviation.
Every day, the enemy carries out in Bakhmut from 40 to 50
storming operations and 500 shelling episodes.”
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other senior officials are
pressing allies for more weapons that Kiev hopes will enable it
to launch a major counter-offensive later this year.
“We are readying our boys,” Zelenskyy said in a new video
address. “We look forward to the delivery of
weapons promised by our partners. We are bringing victory closer
as much as possible.”
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