The embattled city of Bakhmut — currently the scene of the fiercest fighting between Russia and Ukraine’s troops — has been rocked by nearly 100 shellings over the last 24 hours, a Ukrainian army spokesperson told CNN. Some 30 firefights have taken place as both militaries wage street-by-street — and even house-by-house — battle for control of the city, said Serhii Cherevatyi, of the Eastern Grouping of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Russia targets supply route: Moscow’s troops launched an assault Saturday on the town of Khromove, which lies along Bakhmut’s main supply route from Chasiv Yar to the west, Cherevatyi said. Logistics operations were not easy, the spokesperson told CNN, but they continued. “Our artillerymen are engaged in counter-battery operations to prevent the enemy from constantly firing on the delivery routes.”

Source: Egypt Independent April 18, 2023 06:34 UTC