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Ukrainian troops have been forced to withdraw from some areas around the city of Bakhmut as Russia renewed its offensive with intense artillery fire over the past two days, Britain said on Friday in an intelligence update cited by Reuters.

He added that the situation in the city is difficult, but that it is under control.

Thus, in recent days, an extraordinary video from the war in Ukraine appeared on social networks, which allegedly shows how the Meteorit UR-77 mine-clearing vehicle, operated by Ukrainians, does not make its way through the minefield, which is what it is intended for, but is used as an offensive weapon against the Russians forces in an urban environment.

The Russians have been trying to conquer this city of Ukraine since July last year.
The report stated that Russian forces "very likely entered the center of Bakhmut and occupied the western bank of the Bakhmutka River". Intelligence officials point out that "it is likely that a key Ukrainian supply route west of the city is seriously compromised."

"The video shows only a small part of the work that our soldiers do in the city itself, the one that can be shown to the public. The fight for the city continues," says the description of the video, which was published on the Facebook page of the Ukrainian special forces. Heavy metal music is playing in the background all the time.

According to him, fighting is raging around the city administration building, which the Russian paramilitary group Wagner claims raised the Russian flag on.
Cherevaty told Reuters by telephone that Bakhmut is Ukrainian.
"Bakhmut is Ukrainian, they have not taken anything and they are very far from doing so, to put it mildly," said Cherevaty.

Russia's Wagner paramilitary group on Monday claimed it had captured the city hall in Ukraine's eastern town of Bakhmut, giving it "legal" control, but Kiev said its forces still held the town.

The battle for Bakhmut has raged for months with Wagner supporting Russian troops and Ukraine warning the fall of the town would lead to the loss of huge swathes of its territory.

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