The Russian Ministry of Defense, which continues its military invasion of Ukraine, claims to have taken control of the vicinity of the Ukrainian side's base in the east, and is believed to be intensifying the attack.
NATO = North Atlantic Treaty Organization Secretary-General Stoltenberg has indicated that a large-scale attack by Russia, which is wary that Ukraine and others will be carried out one year after the start of military aggression, has already begun. I was.
Russia's Defense Ministry said on Monday that a military-backed assault force had taken control of a settlement near Bakhmut, one of the Ukrainian strongholds, in the eastern Donetsk region.
Earlier, representatives of the Russian private military company Wagner claimed to have taken control of the settlement.
In addition, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense announced on the 13th that 16 villages around Bakhmut were hit by artillery shelling, and indicated that the Russian army, which aims to seize Bakhmut, is intensifying the attack.
Against this backdrop, NATO Secretary-General Stoltenberg told a press conference in Belgium on the 13th that the large-scale attack by Russian forces had already begun. to put pressure on Ukraine," he said.
It is a form of recognition that a large-scale attack by Russia, which Ukraine and others are wary of on the 24th of this month, one year after the start of the military invasion, has already begun.
A senior Ukrainian government official also told local media on the 11th that "Russia has launched a large-scale attack," but that "the planned attack did not meet Russia's expectations." emphasized resistance.