Following an apparent (very bloody and pyrrhic) Russian victory in the Donbas city of Bakhmut after months and months of brutal combat in the town, Ukrainian Deputy Minister of Defense Hanna Maliar on Sunday wrote in a Telegram message that Kyiv’s troops are moving to encircle the town to trap the victorious Russian army soldiers and Wagner mercenaries in the ruins, Reuters reports.
“Our forces have taken the city in a semi-encirclement, which gives us the opportunity to destroy the enemy… the enemy has to defend himself in the part of the city he controls,” wrote Maliar.