Representative of the Eastern Group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Sergey Cherevaty denied Russian claims that they had taken control of the village of Krasnaya Gora near Bakhmut.
" We keep it under our control,"
Cherevaty added that Bakhmut remains at the center of Russia's main attacks.
“In the Bakhmut direction, the enemy made 85 attacks. There were 33 combat encounters. There were 25 attacks and 19 battles near the city of Bakhmut,” Cherevaty told CNN..
Cherevaty said that Russian forces have the ability to fire on the routes to Bakhmut, adding that "
“We have the ability to supply weapons, food, equipment, medicines and evacuate the wounded from there,” he said..
The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine said in a Telegram message on Monday that “the battle for Bakhmut continues”.
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The enemy is constantly changing tactics. Sometimes attacks in small assault groups, sometimes uses dozens of mobilized fighters to attack. Sometimes it intensifies the shelling at night, systematically shells the rear cities, terrorizes the civilian population, undermines civilian infrastructure, ”the message says..
The Russian Ministry of Defense on Monday echoed claims by the Russian private military group Wagner about the takeover of Krasnaya Gora..
“In the Donetsk direction, the volunteers of the assault detachments, with fire support from the rocket troops and artillery of the Southern Group of Forces, liberated the settlement of Krasnaya Gora of the Donetsk People’s Republic,” the report says..
Moscow's statements came as Russian troops continue to try to encircle the city. Krasna Gora is located on the main north-south road leading to Bakhmut. It sits right below Soledar, a town that Russian troops captured last month..