Russian media said that the Russian special security forces, Wagner, stormed the defenses of the Ukrainian army, north of the city of Bakhmut, while its chief, Yevgeny Prigozhin, criticized Wagner for not supplying his forces with the ammunition they needed. As for the Ukrainian forces, they said that the Russian army bombed neighborhoods in 35 towns in Kherson Province.

The head of the Wagner militia criticized the failure to supply his forces with the ammunition they need, which causes double losses among his fighters, and said that he knows that the ammunition is there, and despite his many relationships and acquaintances, he cannot address this issue, he said.

He explained, "When we come to the issue of signing documents, everyone shakes their head and says: You know that your relationship there is not easy, you have to go and apologize, then your fighters get ammunition."

He added, "Today, the weakness of Wagner's fighters and the fighters of other units is being killed because Wagner's inability to cover them, and this is because it is not allowed to provide us with what is in the warehouses."

In his statement, Prigozhin accused those he described as obstructing the victory of working directly with the enemy.

Meanwhile, Russian media indicated that Wagner was simultaneously advancing from the southern axis of the city of Bakhmut, in conjunction with statements by Donetsk forces loyal to Moscow about their progress from the western side of the city.

She explained that the fighting between Wagner and the Ukrainian army is concentrated in the areas of Krasny and Budenovka, southwest of the city.

According to the Russian media, the Russian forces, with the support of aviation and heavy artillery, penetrated from the northern side towards the Stopki train station, and are fighting battles near the town of Perkhovki.


Kherson neighborhood bombing

On the other hand, the Ukrainian General Staff Command said that the Russian army bombed neighborhoods in 35 towns in Kherson Province, and the Russians bombed areas in Zaporizhia Province in the past 24 hours.

And the authority added - in its morning statement - that the Russian forces are still focusing their main attacks in the directions of Kobyansk, Liman, Bakhmut and Avdiivka.

The statement indicated that the Russian bombing targeted more than 20 areas in the directions of Bakhmut in particular, and more than 30 areas in the directions of Avdiivka and Shakhtar.

The Ukrainian Staff also announced the launch of air strikes on the areas of concentration of personnel and military equipment of the Russian forces, and the downing of 3 drones.

Al-Jazeera correspondent reported, quoting eyewitnesses in the city of Kherson, that the city witnessed firebombing.

Local media reported that among the bombs used were internationally banned phosphorus bombs, without official confirmation.

The city had witnessed renewed artillery and missile bombardment.

The military administration in the city announced that shelling hit the Antonov area near the Antonovsky Bridge linking the two banks of the Dnipro River, killing two residents of the area after a landmine exploded while they were fleeing the bombing.

Meanwhile, RIA Novosti said that the Russian Air Force bombed on Monday sites of Ukrainian forces in the city of Avdiivka in the Donbass region, using high-explosive FAB-500 bombs.

She explained that these bombs weigh 530 kilograms, are accurate and have a great destructive capacity, and were introduced to the Soviet army in the sixties of the last century.

It is noteworthy that the Russian army used this type of bomb in Syria and in parts of Ukraine months ago.